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mila s's avatar

Re: leaving rocks in cemeteries, in Judaism (at least in my Argentine family’s Jewish tradition), we leave rocks instead of flowers because of their permanence-- rocks won’t perish like flowers will

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Devin Kelly's avatar

yes -- thank you for that reminder. an absolutely beautiful tradition.

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Mariah's avatar

"Memory is an act of holding, an act of sifting through what remains."

I am currently experiencing dying with some loved ones in my life and learning to understand the community of grieving and the gratefulness, the love, the memories and oh my goodness the Stuff!

Yes, what will happen to all those plastic purses?

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Devin Kelly's avatar

thank you for reading, Mariah -- sending all the light & love your way.

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Leanne Cooper's avatar

I love this so much. I just moved after 30+ years. Quite a process, holding on and letting go. Thank you so much for your words...

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Mariah's avatar

"Holding on and letting go"...yes, Quite a process!

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Devin Kelly's avatar

thanks always, Leanne!

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Daniel's avatar

All very wabi-sabi.

“While we pass through, we leave so much behind.”

Considering the incomprehensibility that any of us -- or anything at all -- should exist, isn’t our fundamental response to the void that of gratitude?

We can leave behind handfuls of trinkets and also lives changed for the better. Accumulation and transformation.

So much here to think about and weep over and rejoice in; thank you.

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