Through forgiveness, which essentially means recognizing the insubstantiality of the past, and allowing the present moment to be as it is, the miracle of transformation happens not only within but also without. A silent space of intense presence arises both in you and around you. You dissolve discord, heal pain, dispel unconsciousness–without doing anything–simply by […]
Man has built in himself images as a fence of security – religious, political, personal. These manifest as symbols, ideas, beliefs. The burden of these images dominates man’s thinking, his relationships, and his daily life. These images are the cause of our problems, for they divide man from man. –Jiddu Krishnamurti (1895-1986, Indian Philosopher) Again […]
In doing some more research about other roadside memorials out there, I came across a news story from Chattanooga, TN. I’ll condense it to the following: The debate over a roadside memorial continues in Hixson… The families of three young women, killed in a a car wreck… set up a memorial…neighbors keep taking it down… […]
I just started a new map of the Roadside Memorials that i’ve documented to date. Many are part of the Descansos.org project webpage plus many more that I have not been able to update. Updating the images will be an on-going process so check back soon. Also I will make it a permanent link on […]
I just received a preliminary sketch of Baby Grace’s roadside memorial. I’m really excited that Nancy B. decided to assist me on this project by preparing this sketch. I plan to make a presentation of this roadside memorial to Andy P. to see if he would allow me to place this memorial at the entry […]
Today the strangest ‘coincidence’ occurred for me. As I am driving down the Fla Turnpike I am on the phone with my mother (headset of course). See two major things were occurring for me these last weeks. First :: My mother is ill (diagnosed with Pancreatic Cancer and given only 9 months to live). She […]
This morning, in the process of moving my office, I found a copy of the letter I wrote to the CEO of Sun Recycling on December 28, 2006. Sun Recycling is where Baby Grace’s body was found in the dumpster back in November. See on Dec 21st, Sun Recycling provided a funeral service to honor […]
Only in our memories does one exists. I have gone years without seeing a loved one and then out of the blue I get a thought about them & remember them. The memory of what it was like to be with that person makes that moment real for me. Happy or sad emotions fill up […]
The debate of Roadside Memorials is still a heated topic. Many people get offended at seeing roadside memorials. The news reports state that they are “eye-sores.” Wilted flowers and flat balloons are just “trash littering up the roadways.” Even police officers report that they are “hazards.” So today I read an editorial on a roadside […]
If you believe as I do … no one truly dies until there’s no one left to remember them. …then you can understand why somebody would put up a roadside memorial marker for a loved one. This came up because I was reading the Wichita Eagle blog and there were a lot of comments by […]
