not the first…
26Feb07
via my friend Manju, reflecting on the recent passing of her grandmother:
“To acknowledge our ancestors means we are aware
that we did not make ourselves,
We remember them because it is an easy thing to forget;
that we are not the first to suffer, rebel, fight, love and die.
The grace with which we embrace life,
in spite of the pain, the sorrows,
is always a measure of what has gone before.”
~Alice Walker, “In These Dissenting Times”
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twitterings…- sockrebel: ewww... cold, wet, slushy socks and shoes.
- sockrebel: @shaunmartinez congratulations on getting thru to Delta! but don't count your chickens before they hatch.
- sockrebel: RT: @RawhideCrypts: oh, DC, how i miss thee. a cop pulls out his gun at a snowball fight: http://bit.ly/6Xz6WC
- sockrebel: stranded in DC b/c of snowstorm. The ridiculousness of the whole situation is too much to tweet.
- sockrebel: On plane for the last 2+ hrs, but still in DC. Missed connection in EWR. Who knows when I'll make it to SFO. In time to fly IAH tomorrow?
- sockrebel: really hoping my flights back to SFO (via Newark) don't get cancelled tomorrow AM due to weather.
- sockrebel: chillin' in our nation's capital, recovering from the redeye. DC folks - gimme a shout!
- sockrebel: Getting on the earlier flight means I'll have 32 hours (instead of 25) in the Bay Area before I fly out again.
- sockrebel: Ticket B55 and I got an aisle seat row 7. Score!!!
- sockrebel: Never been so appreciative of having a Southwest A-List pass. Security line at LAX ridiculously long.
from the ancestors and me: thanks for the shoutout, cookie. i miss you. hope you’re thriving. ~manju