Jael's Art Jewels Blog: Death in the "family"

Saturday, December 1, 2007

Death in the "family"

A fellow artist (jewelry and glass) I met on ebay and got to know, Vonna, has just lost her 20 year old son, Jonathan.

It's hard to conceive of the pain and grief the death of a child would cause. Thoughts and prayers go out to her and her family as they deal with this very difficult time.

1 comment:

Anonymous said...: Thank you ~ Jael ~ for posting this beautiful song for my son.
Happy New Year 2008 ~ to you and your family! Bless you...
Vonna; December 31, 2007 at 7:51 PM

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Starfish Story
Once a man was walking along a beach.
The sun was shining and it was a beautiful day. Off in the distance he could see a person going back and forth between the surf's edge and and the beach. Back and forth this person went. As the man approached he could see that there were hundreds of starfish stranded on the sand as the result of the natural action of the tide.

The man was struck by the the apparent futility of the task. There were far too many starfish. Many of them were sure to perish. As he approached, the person continued the task of picking up starfish one by one and throwing them into the surf.

As he came up to the person he said, "You must be crazy. There are thousands of miles of beach covered with starfish. You can't possibly make a difference." The person looked at the man. He then stooped down and pick up one more starfish and threw it back into the ocean. He turned back to the man and said, "It sure made a difference to that one!"