A week-one sequence for funeral arrangements, comparing the options at each step and showing which choices quietly set what the grave looks like in year eight.
A memorial passes through a quarry, an engraving shop, a cemetery grounds crew and a foundation setter. Knowing what each one controls tells you which choices are truly final.
How the monument trade came to run on quarry blocks, sandblast stencils and dealer networks, and the five decisions a family cannot take back once the order moves.