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How to Write Epitaphs
In order to use an epitaph,
1. Consider what was most important to a person: their achievements, beauty,
love, family, or something else.
OR: Consider what was most important to those left behind.
2. Commemorate this person with an epitaph that reflects their values,
accomplishments, or legacy.
3. For example, consider someone who worked in charity and prided himself
in being faithful.
4. Most Important Subjects:
5. Charity and faith
6. Epitaph:
7. Generous of heart, constant of faith
8. This epitaph properly commemorates what this person considered most
important in his life.
9. For a second example, consider a family who has lost a son tragically.
Their epitaph may serve to comfort the living rather than the deceased.
10. Most Important Subject:
11. Death does not end the living’s love for the deceased
12. Epitaph:
13. Gone from our home but not from our hearts
14. Epitaphs range in subject from remembering those who have passed to
soothing those who have been left behind.
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