Space can
be a matter of time, physical property, presence in and beyond our
earth. We may value space as an interval of rest, of remembrance.
May 25 was
Memorial Day, or Decoration Day as we used to call it. Flags in cemeteries
marked the graves of veterans. In too many homes the day was somber. Family and
friends who are no longer with us were remembered. I saw posted on Facebook a
picture of this person's Marine friend who has been gone for six years, but not forgotten.
Several of
our passed residents were veterans of the Second World War. Monday we
remembered them and the nightmares that told us more about their involvement
than their conscious stories.
Not only
military personnel are remembered. Positioned between Mother’s Day and Father’s
Day, there is a space where many valued persons used to be. As each is unique,
that space is not readily filled. Nor need it be. It remains a memorial.
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