10 Nov 2001

firecat: red panda, winking (Default)
Happy birthday [livejournal.com profile] redbird!
firecat: red panda, winking (Default)
Happy birthday [livejournal.com profile] redbird!
firecat: red panda, winking (Default)
(also posted to alt.polyamory)



At 11:00 am PST/2:00 pm EST, OH and I lit our candle to remember Liam ([livejournal.com profile] banesidhe).

OH's cousin and his girlfriend made the candle for us. It has our logo it, the logo that OH's cousin made for our wedding.

The picture was taken on 9/11. The candle had burned down about three inches by then. I began burning it on and off soon after my sweetie "E" left zir spouse and zir partners at the beginning of July.

The candle has now burned down another four inches.

It is funny-strange that so many sorrows and fears and losses, large and small, temporary and permanent, are represented thus, by a few inches of waxy film left clinging to the glass.

I light the candle when I am sad or afraid or lossful.
I light it to pray,
Although I am not sure what or whom I am praying to:
To pray that bad times will get better.
To pray that bad things will go away.
I light it to remember:
To remember good things lost or changed.
To remember better times.
I light it because I hope. Because I can't stop hoping.
firecat: red panda, winking (Default)
(also posted to alt.polyamory)



At 11:00 am PST/2:00 pm EST, OH and I lit our candle to remember Liam ([livejournal.com profile] banesidhe).

OH's cousin and his girlfriend made the candle for us. It has our logo it, the logo that OH's cousin made for our wedding.

The picture was taken on 9/11. The candle had burned down about three inches by then. I began burning it on and off soon after my sweetie "E" left zir spouse and zir partners at the beginning of July.

The candle has now burned down another four inches.

It is funny-strange that so many sorrows and fears and losses, large and small, temporary and permanent, are represented thus, by a few inches of waxy film left clinging to the glass.

I light the candle when I am sad or afraid or lossful.
I light it to pray,
Although I am not sure what or whom I am praying to:
To pray that bad times will get better.
To pray that bad things will go away.
I light it to remember:
To remember good things lost or changed.
To remember better times.
I light it because I hope. Because I can't stop hoping.

Profile

firecat: red panda, winking (Default)
firecat (attention machine in need of calibration)

January 2026

S M T W T F S
    123
456789 10
11121314151617
18192021222324
25262728293031

Tags

Style Credit

Expand Cut Tags

No cut tags
Page generated 4 Jan 2026 03:53 am
Powered by Dreamwidth Studios