Brownwood News – Greenleaf Cemetery will hold its second annual Mother’s Day Butterfly Release from 1:30 to 2 p.m. on Sunday, May 13th. The event will be free to the all, but donations are welcome, and needed. The butterfly release will be in front of the office, as you enter the front gate.
Last Mother’s Day, Greenleaf Cemetery hosted its first Mother’s Day Butterfly Release. Organizers called the event “quite a success.”
“Most of the children at the event helped with the release, and there were lots of smiling faces all around,” said volunteer Freda Kilburn. “Flowering plants grow around the office and the grounds, and it’s a pleasure to see the butterflies flitting around.”
Steves’ Market and Deli will be furnishing the painted lady butterflies for the release this year.
Event sponsors are Brownwood Funeral Home, Davis-Morris Funeral Home, and Heartland Funeral Home. Bottled water will be furnished by PF&E Oil, Reed Memorial, and Sterling Monument. As always, Keep Brownwood Beautiful is partnering with Greenleaf Cemetery.
Butterflies are a fairly common symbol to see in cemeteries. The butterfly represents the soul, leaving the body behind, just as the butterfly leaves the chrysalis behind. As with many symbols, it can mean different things to different people. When you see a butterfly depicted on the grave of a child, it generally symbolizes their short life. For some, the message might be that life is short, but life is beautiful.
