Comments on: Hands Like These

By: Barb

Barb — Mon, 17 Oct 2005 04:19:49 +0000

Beautiful! And, I look down at my own hands, aging, and see those same veins and wrinkles coming that show on my own Mother’s aged hands. She’s 88 1/2, living by herself, and her hands have done so much, and still do, although not as much as in yester years.

By: William Sackinger

William Sackinger — Sat, 15 Oct 2005 22:09:11 +0000

Marvelously well-said. Hands are one of the means with which the minds and souls of these persons have reached out to others. They learned how to do that from their mother, one of the kindest souls I ever have known, and the chain of ancestral heritage before her. We are so fortunate to have the heritage….and can, as we go through life, not only practice what you have written, but weep for those who never learned how to practice what you have written.

Bill

By: ashley

ashley — Fri, 14 Oct 2005 18:34:10 +0000

This is absolutely beautiful. Thank you so much for sharing. I’ve just posted it at my blog with this little intro:

Celebrating heritage and giving thanks for the familial connections, for the love, life and inspiration that passes down through generations, this post at A Mindful Life echoes like a prayer in my soul. . .

with gratitude,

ashley

By: Jessie

Jessie — Thu, 13 Oct 2005 16:31:57 +0000

Thanks for sharing these beautiful words and the photograph with us. I love taking special photos like these - you have given me a great idea! Maybe you should send it over to Reader’s Digest magazine.

By: Kathy Trejo

Kathy Trejo — Wed, 12 Oct 2005 21:17:38 +0000

Beautiful picture and words. It touched my heart. Thank you!

By: Songbird

Songbird — Wed, 12 Oct 2005 18:00:38 +0000

How lovely, Kathryn. Thank you for both the photo and the word picture.

By: Fran

Fran — Wed, 12 Oct 2005 03:17:44 +0000

What a beautiful photo and your words are so damned exquisite that you submit them somewhere–for a local column in your hometown newspaper? Be sure to send to What It’s Really Like to Get Older.

By: la peregrina

la peregrina — Tue, 11 Oct 2005 18:19:35 +0000

Ahh, Kathryn, you made me cry. Beautiful words with great love behind them.

By: mz

mz — Tue, 11 Oct 2005 15:28:24 +0000

Oh Kathryn, this is so lovely, it gives me chills. From what you write, I know you will have those same hands for you have beautiful role models.

By: Debra

Debra — Tue, 11 Oct 2005 15:07:06 +0000

Oh, what an incredibly beautiful and moving tribute. I lost my mother four years ago, and how I wish I had had the sensitivity and foresight to have looked at her dear hands in that way. Makes me very sad that I didn’t, and at the same time your piece today opens my eyes to new thought for the future; I have cherished loved ones here now to see with my new eyes. Thank you!