silent saturday

best shot monday

my little sister and her hubby. 

we had one of those lovely early-spring lunches outdoors...

a perfect saturday with a perfect couple.

epitaph

the following is one of my favorite parts of shabbat services...known as the kaddish. it is a time to reflect on the loved ones we've lost and meditate on the meaning of love and loss, of life and death.

by Merrit Malloy

When I die
Give what's left of me away
To children
And old men that wait to die.
And if you need to cry,
Cry for your brother
Walking the street beside you.
And when you need me,
Put your arms
Around anyone
And give them
What you need to give to me.

I want to leave you something,
Something better
Than words
Or sounds.

Look for me
In the people I've known
Or loved,
And if you cannot give me away,
At least let me live in your eyes
And not on your mind.

You can love me most
By letting
Hands touch hands.
By letting
Bodies touch bodies.
And by letting go of children
That need to be free.

Love doesn't die.
People do.
So, when all that's left of me
Is love,
Give me away.

silent saturday

happy monday

okay, so i can't pick just one for my best shot monday...but i figure since they're so different, it's allowed.  when i was in college, my family came to visit me at my university in england.  we traveled europe for a few weeks and stopped in venice.  my dad picked out this vase and was soooo proud of it.  it sits on his computer desk now and i'm loving the afternoon light show above.

these are from my mom's china cabinet...no one ever looks in there, including me...so it was so fun to get them out for their first photo shoot.  i'm not a real "still life" kinda gal, but for some reason i love how this shot turned out.  you can't tell from the image, but they are so petite...the cup is about the size of a shot glass.

happy monday!