Can you choose your epitaph?

Choosing a headstone inscription can be a source of great anxiety and stress. It can also be a source of comfort and joy when the right words are chosen. Avoid ‘In loving memory of’; it is overused and very much the standard beginning of a headstone inscription. It has begun to lose its impact.

What would be your epitaph?

An epitaph is a short text honouring a deceased person, (often inscribed or engraved on their headstone, monument, memorial plaque, gravestone, tombstone or cemetery marker). It usually includes the person’s name, dates of birth and death, along with a meaningful quote or Bible verse.

How do you start an epitaph?

When writing your epitaph, keep in mind that:

1. Epitaphs are short and concise.
2. They convey a strong feeling.
3. Often, someone is speaking in the first person (a relative, a friend; the deceased.)
4. The writer should think about who is being addressed (for example, a passerby.)

What do you put in an epitaph?

A short message referred to as an epitaph is usually added to a headstone along with a person’s name, birth date, and death date. Typically, the goal of the epitaph is to leave some words of wisdom, share the most important values of the deceased, or summarize the person’s life.

What should I put on my brother’s headstone?

Headstone Epitaphs For Brothers

• Loving Son and Brother.
• Beloved Son and Brother.
• Beloved Son, Brother and Father.
• Beloved Son, Brother and Friend.
• Devoted Man.

What is epitaph poem?

A short poem intended for (or imagined as) an inscription on a tombstone and often serving as a brief elegy.

What should I write on my parents gravestone?

Headstone Inscriptions For Both Parents

• Beloved Mom & Dad.
• The Influence of a Mother and Father Upon Their Children Lives Through Generations Forever.
• Loving Mother and Father.
• Beautiful Souls.
• Forever In Our Hearts.

How do you use epitaph in a sentence?

Epitaph sentence example

1. His original epitaph was discovered in the Catacombs.
2. He was buried in the churchyard of Fressingfield, where there is a Latin epitaph to his memory.
3. His epitaph , written by himself, is to be found in Anthologia palatina, vii.

What is epitaph poetry?

What message do you write on a tombstone?