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Date: Sun, 10 Mar 2002 23:03:09 -0800
Gail wrote: Allison, your thoughts and poems were very rich. I'm intrigued by how we turn > to poetry sometimes instead of story. I know I use poetry within some of my > stories and story programs. > I'm interested in how we use them differently. It seems to me that story may > require more response in some way, wheras we may be more comfortable simple > hearing a poem and letting it in. > Any comments? Allison: - Mostly - no stories came to mind that felt appropriate - but I thought these poems may resonate for Jena as something that reminded her of her friend. > > Another thought about your specific request Jena, for pieces to be read at > your friends memorial service. Personal recollections, stories about your > friend, how he lived, what you saw as important in his life, could be very > much a comfort to his family. > Gail > Allison: This seems right to me. When my mother died we asked people to send their favorite stories/memories, poems or prayers. Some people came to the service and played a musical instrument (Russ played Danny Boy on the fiddle - a favorite of Mom's and we even had a bagpiper who stood out in the field and played as the guests came across the meadow to our back yard torchlight memorial service) and her friends from Mom's "water walking" even formed an impromptu choir and sang their favorite songs that they used to exercise to in the pool such as "Daisy, Daisy, give me your heart so true, I'm half crazy all for the love of you..." What matters is what is meaningful to you and those you love. I felt that we had remembered Mom in a way that she would have liked and that left us all the richer for the experience. Allison M. Cox www.dancingleaves.com/allison also see www.healingstory.org Story crosses over all boundaries for it speaks the language of the heart | ||