Ontdek gedenkplekken
Betekenisvolle plekken en herinneringen die anderen hebben gedeeld.
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Dad's fishing spot at Lake Tahoe
Lake Tahoe, California, USA
Dad came up to this exact spot every August for thirty years. He'd drive eight hours from Sacramento, set up a chair, and not catch a thing. He passed in 2020 during the pandemic and we couldn't all be there. We came back together in 2022 to leave a small carving on the tree he always sat under.
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Pop's old surfboard at Bondi
Bondi Beach, Sydney, Australia
Pop surfed Bondi every morning for fifty-three years, starting at 5am, even in winter. He passed in 2021. His old board sits in a small alcove behind the surf club now (the lifeguards know it's there) and we pour a beer over the railing every Anzac Day.
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Le banc de Maman
Jardin du Luxembourg, Paris, France
My mother sat on this bench in the Jardin du Luxembourg every Tuesday morning with a book and a small espresso from the kiosk nearby. After she passed in 2019, I started coming on Tuesdays. Sometimes I read the same book she did. Sometimes I just sit.
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Nan's garden at Wanaka
Lake Wanaka, South Island, New Zealand
Nan kept a garden of New Zealand natives along the lake at Wanaka for thirty-eight years. The lupins came back every spring, even after she stopped tending to them. After she passed in 2018, the new owners kept the garden as it was. The lupins are blooming again this year.
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Uncle Vinod's chai stall
Corner near Marine Drive, Mumbai, India
Vinod ran a chai stall on this corner for forty-one years. He died of a heart attack while preparing the morning's first batch in 2020. The corner is empty now but the neighbours still call it 'Vinod's corner'. We marked it on this map so it doesn't disappear when memories fade.
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Grandfather Themba's kraal
Outside Mthatha, Eastern Cape, South Africa
My grandfather built a kraal with his own hands in 1962 and added stones from each of his children's birth-days. He passed in 2016 at ninety-one. The kraal still stands. We added a stone for each grandchild born since, and will keep adding.