Most of the markers in the cemetery were modest white crosses, but along the back someone had made a large memorial to their departed family member.

Many years ago, I was a calligrapher, a hobby I slid into from a career as an architectural drafter. (In some ways, lettering is lettering.)  And although it’s been a while since I picked up my pens, I still notice lettering. And the “Vivo Cristo Rey” painted on this memorial was my very favorite thing in the cemetery.

Shafter, Texas
photographed 11.4.2017