I AM AN ART HISTORIAN WHO STUDIES THE PSYCHOLOGY OF "GRIEF" AND WHY WE CREATE "MEMENTO MORI" SUCH AS GRAVEYARDS AND SUCH OTHER MEMORIALS TO RECORD THE PASSING OF LOVED ONES. I HAVE BEEN VISITING CEMETERIES SINCE I WAS 5 YRS. OLD. I LIVED IN MASSACHUSETTS AND WROTE MY DISSERTATION ON THE ART OF THE GRAVEYARDS IN THE NORTHEAST VS. THE ONES IN THE DEEP SOUTH. I ALSO BELONG TO THE AMERICAN GRAVESTONE SOCIETY, A GROUP WHICH LECTURES ON THE ARTISTIC ASPECT OF THE GRAVEYARD COMMUNITY AS WELL AS PRESERVE THE EXTANT MONUMENTS.A COUPLE OF YEARS AGO I BEGAN A GENEOLOGY PROJECT, AND CREATED MEMORIALS ON F.G. FOR THE CHILDREN BURIED IN THE "BABYLANDS". I HAVE JOINED FELLOW F.G. MEMBER, J. MURRAY, IN HIS "NY ANGEL BABIES MEMORIALS PROJECT", WHICH CREATES LINKS TO THE CHILD'S FAMILY.OUR 16 YEAR OLD PRINCESS, TIFFANY BORRERO, LOST HER 2 YEAR BATTLE WITH ACUTE MYLOGENOUS LEUKEMIA AND WENT BACK HOME TO GOD, TO REST. WON'T YOU PLEASE STOP BY HER F.G. MEMORIAL AND SAY A PRAYER FOR US, THE ONES SHE LEFT BEHIND...

I AM AN ART HISTORIAN WHO STUDIES THE PSYCHOLOGY OF "GRIEF" AND WHY WE CREATE "MEMENTO MORI" SUCH AS GRAVEYARDS AND SUCH OTHER MEMORIALS TO RECORD THE PASSING OF LOVED ONES. I HAVE BEEN VISITING CEMETERIES SINCE I WAS 5 YRS. OLD. I LIVED IN MASSACHUSETTS AND WROTE MY DISSERTATION ON THE ART OF THE GRAVEYARDS IN THE NORTHEAST VS. THE ONES IN THE DEEP SOUTH. I ALSO BELONG TO THE AMERICAN GRAVESTONE SOCIETY, A GROUP WHICH LECTURES ON THE ARTISTIC ASPECT OF THE GRAVEYARD COMMUNITY AS WELL AS PRESERVE THE EXTANT MONUMENTS.A COUPLE OF YEARS AGO I BEGAN A GENEOLOGY PROJECT, AND CREATED MEMORIALS ON F.G. FOR THE CHILDREN BURIED IN THE "BABYLANDS". I HAVE JOINED FELLOW F.G. MEMBER, J. MURRAY, IN HIS "NY ANGEL BABIES MEMORIALS PROJECT", WHICH CREATES LINKS TO THE CHILD'S FAMILY.OUR 16 YEAR OLD PRINCESS, TIFFANY BORRERO, LOST HER 2 YEAR BATTLE WITH ACUTE MYLOGENOUS LEUKEMIA AND WENT BACK HOME TO GOD, TO REST. WON'T YOU PLEASE STOP BY HER F.G. MEMORIAL AND SAY A PRAYER FOR US, THE ONES SHE LEFT BEHIND...