Repurposed from a Slave Cabin

Decades ago she was at the slave cabin and knew, "This will be a bench in my garden."

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Hearthstone of the fireplace, below, in the disintegrating slave cabin she had the epiphany.

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In her late 90's, I've know this story for 2 decades.  

Her birthday soiree was a large affair a few weeks ago.  A man was near the bench & I asked if he knew its story, "No."  A speechless event, the body bows backward, eyes lock on stone & there is silence while the mind absorbs the horror.  Taking in the beauty & grace of the present moment.

She & I have sat many times thru many years on this stone.

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No stone should have its history.

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Garden & Be Well,     XO Tara

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You must understand the South.  Without her intervention this stone's history would have been lost long ago.   Probably scooped out of the way with a Bobcat for some new house in a subdivision.

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Shaefer Heard Construction, licensed home-builder, renovation - new construction.  Heard's Landscaping a unit of SHC.  3 decades of service.