[stylist] CK prompt response

[EvaMarie Sanchez]

Chris, You could never truly know how this beautiful musing has touched me.
I actually felt tingles while reading.
When I moved to Arizona a few years ago, I did so by acting under the
concept of a great natural phenomenom coming to destroy my home and
belongings. I could only take what was most treasured as space at moment
was limited and so I was using that as my guide to choose. I had thought it
worked rather well, but as I still kept my home, I must have retained some
sense of security that all was still there.
Last summer, my daughter had returned home to Idaho and had found that the
house had been burglarized and trashed. So much of what is gone pains me
deeply. Every once in a while, I will think of something and react with
tears when I realize it is gone.
I have some precious items though, that I chose before all had happened and
truly, what does it matter? I have my memories. I know this is what is most
important. This is what we take with us when we are truly gone after all,
not the posessions.
So thank you for sharing something that is not just well written, but
emotionally beautiful and important for all of us.
Eve

 President, National Federation of the Blind Northern Arizona
President, National Federation of the Blind Writers' Division
Committee Chair, Arizona Association of Guide Dog Users
Affiliate Member, National Federation of the Blind Legislative Committee
Affiliate Member, National Federation of the Blind Membership Committee
Member, Slate & Style Editing Team

"You do not need to have vision to see the stars."

On Wed, Aug 5, 2015 at 7:59 AM, Chris Kuell via stylist <stylist at nfbnet.org>
wrote:

> Thanks to those who took the time to read and respond to my take on
> Jackie's
> prompt. In truth, some of the stuff on our walls is my doing. For example,
> this year was our 25th wedding anniversary. I have a friend in Tennessee
> who
> is a painter, and with my daughter's help, I bought one of her paintings as
> a gift for my wife (she loves it). And for mother's day, I bought her a
> framed photo of our son lifting weights-the photo is black and white,
> except
> for the belt, which is bright red. Another friend took the photo, and both
> my kids thought it was excellent, so now it's on our living room wall. So I
> guess-have cow, take care of cow, and occasionally buy the cow a gift is
> more my personal Buddhist expression.
>
>
>
> Chris
>
>
>
> PS - Linda, I took a glassblowing course when I was in college and learned
> that I had no aptitude for yet another art form. But I have a friend here
> in
> CT who has been blowing glass for decades, and many of his ornaments
> decorate our Christmas tree each year.
>
>
>
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