So here we are 10 months since Baby Grace passed away & I am wanting to complete the roadside memorial in time for the 1yr anniversary. I allowed a “no” (OR should I say a lack of a “yes”) to stop me from doing what I said I would do. See back in Dec, 2006, [...]
I would like to share with you what I’ve been feeling now that my mother has passed away. I have had the story that I need to be ‘strong’ for my family. It’s been many years that I have not allowed myself to freely show fear, joy, anger, excitement, disappointment, grief – forget being vulnerable! [...]
“Peace I leave you, My peace I give you. I do not give to you as the world gives. Do not let your hearts be troubled and do not be afraid”. John 14:27 This was my mother’s possibility for the world. After she quoted these words last Saturday, I saw her world transform. People came [...]
Over the next three months David & I communicated via email. He expressed his love for his daughter & the heartache it was to lose her. He expressed the sorrow, the loneliness & his hopes for the memory of Virginia. I got to know David a little more during those emails. And I got to [...]
I just received an email from a friend, Donna. She sent me Superchick’s “We Live” (MP3) song – this is such a great song! The part that is most impactful is: The weather in life outside is stormingBut what would it take for the clouds to breakFor us to realize each day is a gift [...]
Through forgiveness, which essentially means recognizing the insubstantiality of the past, and allowing the present moment to be as it is, the miracle of transformation happens not only within but also without. A silent space of intense presence arises both in you and around you. You dissolve discord, heal pain, dispel unconsciousness–without doing anything–simply by [...]
Man has built in himself images as a fence of security – religious, political, personal. These manifest as symbols, ideas, beliefs. The burden of these images dominates man’s thinking, his relationships, and his daily life. These images are the cause of our problems, for they divide man from man. –Jiddu Krishnamurti (1895-1986, Indian Philosopher) Again [...]
In doing some more research about other roadside memorials out there, I came across a news story from Chattanooga, TN. I’ll condense it to the following: The debate over a roadside memorial continues in Hixson… The families of three young women, killed in a a car wreck… set up a memorial…neighbors keep taking it down… [...]
I just started a new map of the Roadside Memorials that i’ve documented to date. Many are part of the Descansos.org project webpage plus many more that I have not been able to update. Updating the images will be an on-going process so check back soon. Also I will make it a permanent link on [...]
I just received a preliminary sketch of Baby Grace’s roadside memorial. I’m really excited that Nancy B. decided to assist me on this project by preparing this sketch. I plan to make a presentation of this roadside memorial to Andy P. to see if he would allow me to place this memorial at the entry [...]
