The Space Between
Your heart and mine
Is the space we'll fill with time
The Space Between...dave matthews band
Your heart and mine
Is the space we'll fill with time
The Space Between...dave matthews band
My mother, Leah, and her sister were very close. They built their houses across the street from one another at the end of a dead end road. My sisters and my cousins had a lot of fun deciding where to have dinner! I was born 6 years after my middle sister and 11 from my eldest, so there was a large space between which we have spent the rest of our lives filling in with time, tears, laughter, support, and love.
My dad died when I was 3, and my mom remarried. We moved to another city, but Leah and Ruth cared for one another as if there was no space between. These photos were taken at the last party my mom had before she died. All the guests posed in front of "little Leah," and I just love the off kilter photo of Aunt Ruth with her sweetie of over 60 years, my Uncle Bob. Uncle Bob died a year before my mom, 11 years ago.
Aunt Ruth lives life with determination in the face of sadness and loss, and I appreciate that one of the reasons she goes forward is that she filled all the spaces in her life by loving others through community service, dinner parties, phone calls, and unsolicited acts of kindness.
I am grateful for the lessons I am learning from Aunt Ruth. My sister moved away 4 years ago, and because of Aunt Ruth's influence, we filled in our space between to bridge distance with love.
Thanks, Aunt Ruth for reminding me to "always have love in my life." Perhaps, you can relate to this lesson in your own life.
my big sister giving me a lift
Beautifully written Honey. Those spaces in between...aren't they better to be filled than to be left sitting empty? Indeed! Your Aunt Ruth is loving and wise...it is easy to see how much of Aunt Ruth there is in you.
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ReplyDeleteYes. I love that song, and love this post. And how wonderful is it that these days, technology has made it so much easier to fill that space? Technology has its cons, but the ability to connect and communicate instantly with those we love is definitely one if its advantages.
ReplyDeleteLove the photo of you and your sister!
Dear Honey......this post is beautiful. Lovingly crafted, like Aunt Ruth's life, your work, and your care for those around you. I'm sitting here listening to the theme from Out of Africa (unplanned) and the space is filled with an upwelling of love and depth of emotion....and then I opened this blog. The synchronicity of the Universe is a wonder. And I wonder, too, if that 'space between' is the true matter of the universe that holds us all together and is the conduit for love, generosity, acts of kindness? Paradoxically, then, the space grows smaller as it is filled with this energy, even as the energy expands. Okay. Enough rambling. What I want to say is this: I am grateful for the blog, for Aunt Ruth, and for you, this marvelous conduit of GRACE.
ReplyDeleteWhat an amazing post -- so thoughtful and beautifully written. You truly have brightened my day with your words and photos. I can't wait to purchase your book.
ReplyDeleteSo beautiful. Aunt Ruth is full of life lessons that everyone should follow!
ReplyDeleteLove the picture, filled spaces and you.
ReplyDeleteThis is such a beautiful tribute to sisters and to time and space and the power and strength of our ties and bonds. Just beautiful Honey!
ReplyDeleteWhat a wonderful picture. One can certainly see that the space between sisters is filled with love. Certainly the 11 years that separated the two sisters seems huge in this picture, however, I know from personal experience, I, too, have a sister 11 years younger, that as years pass a special closeness develops. I think because the years that separate get filled with shared memories. How lucky you are to have Aunt Ruth and a sister who loved you to the sky and back!
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