A Candle

Good Morning, Gentle Readers!

Today's image is of a candle that I made for a friend who was dealing with a number of difficulties: Fall-out from Hurricane Rita and a thoughtless supervisor, I believe it was. Today I am posting it for another friend whose mother had just died. So far he says he is calm about it- But he won't be much longer. A number of us will be watching him for a long while.

As you know by now, I tend to avoid some of the weightier subjects in my ramblings- though not always. But once in a while, avoidance becomes difficult and even inadvisable.

We've all heard the platitudes about how those we love have gone on to a better place and won't suffer any more and so on. But the fact is that platitudes really don't offer that much comfort- and may indeed be mistaken for shallow excuses.

Letting go of those we love can be hard- very hard. And Death can seem extremely final indeed. But it needn't be: We will always have the memories we made. We can always plant a tree or make a memory scrapbook or even light candles. And eventually we move on. We can step in to cook and clean and shop for those for whom the loss is still fresh, and listen when it is needed.

Until we meet, Gentle Readers.