Smoky outside with no relief in sight. The museum was busy
with a constant stream of visitors’ many of whom were here for a respite from
the poor conditions in their areas. I enjoyed the busyness and interesting
people. Today is house attention plus the story group will come this afternoon.
I’m prepared with gluten-free pretzels and Panda licorice. I doubt that I will
work outside much except to water everywhere. The garden is also sun starved
and it’s cold at night again.
The prompt:
Write about a piece of jewelry you own. Where did you get
it? When do you wear it?
I have a pre-historic goddess pendent that was given to me
about thirty years ago. It was at the rehearsal dinner for a big wedding where
I was to officiate the next day. The wedding party was at Patricks’ Creek Lodge
where the family and friends had taken over the whole place. After the dinner,
the soon-to-be bride and I had a private talk about the next day and that was
when she gave me the image. She asked me to wear it in honor of all the women
who had come before her into marriage. She felt very strongly about how
marriage has changed through the ages and that instead of being owned by a
husband, she was to be a partner. I was touched by the thought of the all the
women who entered into marriage.
I wore the goddess every time I performed a wedding service
in honor of the line of brides going back into antiquity. I felt it when I
looked into the eyes of the bride seeing shyness, confidence, fear, wonder, or
many other emotions about the changes that were in process as she stood with
her husband and repeated the vows that were intended to bond them for life.
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