day 285: immersed
John Sutherland was made new through immersion around the year 1860. This immersion took place off the coast of Maine after he was shipwrecked and thought dead. He was married on the plains of Nebraska within the year, and has become a very important influence upon the lives of his posterity.And today John and Ellen felt little feet dancing around their resting place, laying blood red peonies and creamy yellow buttercups across their names, while mothers cautioned them to be careful and reverent. Talks about jobs and children hovered as great-great grandchildren looked at photos and heard stories and were more and more glad they had come.
ps Don't forget to check out my recording from Monday in the sidebar jukebox.
9 comments
I love how you can write only a few words and give such a good representation of a day or a few hours. Sights, scents, emotions. It's all there.
I love remembering the very important influences that have come from my own ancestors.
Lovely expression in this post.
I often wonder what our ancestors think of the little children feet skipping (or tromping in some cases) over their graves:)
I have to echo Lisa...how deftly you paint the picture of your day for us. What a lovely way to hold an ancestor in remembrance.
Beautiful! Just how Memorial Day was when I was a kid...now trying to recreate it with my own family.
Remembering is good!
I bet John and Ellen were there yesterday too.
Great way to spend a memorial day, with unforgotten loved ones.
That sure made me think.
You write beautifully.
I just saw the most gorgeous peonies in my friend's garden. A very fitting tribute.
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