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Chris Alonso's mother Kena had a disease that slowly took everything from her. Her muscles. Her voice. Her thirty years of working the land beside her son, who is a landscape architect. She asked them to put her in the ground. Chris and his wife Lauren Robie created Hope Eternal Gardens in Punta Gorda. A natural burial option where the land can then be kept as a memorial plot for flowers and trees to grow. What people decide about their end of life arrangements can say *everything* about how they lived. We met with three families who chose a *different* kind of goodbye. One by land, one by water and another just under the skin.
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For many, what happens after death is rarely discussed. For others, it becomes an ongoing and meaningful conversation. WGCU met with three families who embraced a different kind of farewell.

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