Thursday, July 5, 2012
Honoring the Survivors
At the 4th of July Parade yesterday this lovely lady was among the Veterans being honored; survivors of war. Her smile captivated me, and I imagined her a nurse, full of capability and compassion. I know, she could have been anything, but that's where my imagination went straight away. (My grandmother was a nurse). I wanted to hear her story, her answer to surviving, her joy so triumphant, so evident in the moment. She was somehow familiar, like a distant relative whom others see in me, whom I could not recognize myself. And then they pull out an old photograph and ahhh, there I am!
Subscribe to:
Post Comments (Atom)
No comments:
Post a Comment