{"id":9,"date":"2007-07-30T19:15:00","date_gmt":"2007-07-30T19:15:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/descansos.org\/blog\/2007\/07\/for-virginia-when-one-is-forgotten-one-dies-yet-another-time\/"},"modified":"2007-07-30T19:15:00","modified_gmt":"2007-07-30T19:15:00","slug":"for-virginia-when-one-is-forgotten-one-dies-yet-another-time","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/descansos.psolis.com\/blog\/2007\/07\/for-virginia-when-one-is-forgotten-one-dies-yet-another-time\/","title":{"rendered":"For Virginia :: When one is forgotten, one dies yet another time."},"content":{"rendered":"

So regarding my promise to David.<\/a> I promised David that I would get to see his Descanso for Virginia. I am in Florida & the Descanso is in Arizona. The first thought was ” how am I going to get there to see his Descanso?” <\/p>\n

So I figured I can ask somebody there to do a favor for me. I have been writing emails making a request for an image of the Descanso. Yes, it is an unreasonable request, but one I know I must do. I feel the promise must be fulfilled. Then the next thought that came to mind is <\/p>\n

“what makes me think that I can get a stranger to do me a favor.”<\/em> What makes me think that I can get to see his memorial. The Arrogance that I think I can will<\/em> somebody into doing something for a stranger just because I ask!<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

So I’ve had to put those thoughts aside & I have to do it anyway. So for the last few weeks, I have been searching for people in Arizona. I did a search for preachers in the area; business owners; even teachers who may teach photography. I started contacting people I didn’t know, in Apache Junction, AZ. I sent out about 100 emails, but no reply – all to keep my promise. <\/p>\n

One email I had to send was to Roy Pope of roypopephotography.com<\/a>. What caught my attention is the first line in his “About the Artist” page. It reads : <\/p>\n

“Roy photographs the world with a pair of loving eyes and a hugging heart.”<\/i><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

When I read this, I just knew that I needed to contact him. Something told me that he would be the one to help me fulfill my promise. So I sent it out! <\/p>\n

Two weeks have passed and no reply from anybody. <\/p>\n

That is no replies…<\/p>\n

until today! I received an email reply. Roy has attached a file! My heart is pounding in disbelief! I can’t believe it – he attached a photograph! As I open his email, I see three simple lines ending in “Thank You” – wow! he’s thanking me – I was the one asking for the favor and he’s thanking me. This caught me by surprise! So I replied, thanking him & wondering what was present for him that he is thanking me. His replied: <\/p>\n

In this time when mother earth is changing as we willed her to do, this has touched my heart.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

He went on to explain <\/p>\n

“when one is forgotten, one dies yet another time.”<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Wow! out of what I thought was a favor for me, he was touched, moved and inspired to take the picture! I now see that having the magic of an “outside the box”<\/em> life can be had simply out of me being real, expressing what is present for myself and allowing another to experience that. <\/p>\n

What I learned from this is that out of me wanting to fulfill my purpose, I have touched another and allow them to be inspired. You just never know what you can cause in the life of another.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

So regarding my promise to David. I promised David that I would get to see his Descanso for Virginia. I am in Florida & the Descanso is in Arizona. The first thought was ” how am I going to get there to see his Descanso?” So I figured I can ask somebody there to do […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[12,9,6],"class_list":["post-9","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized","tag-forvirginia","tag-grief","tag-healing"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/descansos.psolis.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/descansos.psolis.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/descansos.psolis.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/descansos.psolis.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/descansos.psolis.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=9"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/descansos.psolis.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":68,"href":"https:\/\/descansos.psolis.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9\/revisions\/68"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/descansos.psolis.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=9"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/descansos.psolis.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=9"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/descansos.psolis.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=9"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}