Thursday 5 May 2011

In these hours

Darling , Dearest Granny died today.

'In these hours when the silence, unfilled by any ceremony, was made almost tangibly oppressive by a sense of absence, only the flowers took the place of the singing and psalms.
They did more than blossom and smell sweet. In unison, like a choir, ... they unstintingly poured out their fragrance and, imparting something of their scented strength in everyone, seemed to be accomplishing a ritual.
The kingdom of plants can easily be thought of as the nearest neighbour of the kingdom of death. Perhaps the mysteries of transformation and enigmas of life which so torment us are concentrated on the green of the earth, among the trees in graveyards and the flowering shoots springing from their beds.' Boris Pasternak Dr. Zhivago



31st July 1918 - 5th May 2011

10 comments:

  1. What beautiful words. I'm so sorry - thinking of you and your family x

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  2. That's a beautiful passage. I'm so sorry for your loss...

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  3. I'm so sorry, Rachel. I'll be thinking of you and your family - I hope there will be much laughter as well as tears as you remember the joy your grandmother brought to all of your lives. Take care of yourself. x

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  4. Oh Rachel, I'm so sorry you've lost your dear grandmother. You and your family will be in my thoughts. Take care.

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  5. Beautiful words - I am sorry. You are in my thoughts

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  6. Thinking of you ... we went through the same this time last year. She'll always be in your thoughts.

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  7. Kirsty - just reading 'a safe mooring' made me think that's what a good grandparent is.
    JoAnn and Verity - I think I shall have to make sure I don't get too morbid with my quotes.
    bookssnob - thankfully she had a truly wonderful life and was ready to die so there shall be laughter amidst the tears.
    hiphip and potterjotter - thank you.

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  8. Sending you love and light, Nicola.

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  9. I'm so sorry, thinking of you and your family, x

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  10. Vintage Reading and wifeinthecity - thank you.

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