Birthdays, Celebrations
Memories Round The Table Of Course!
Good morning! I am so excited this morning and first want to share with you this news! Healing Heartaches has inspired Joan to design and make an exclusive line of jewelry! It is now on etsy.com and it went live with a pendent that is outrageously beautiful and earrings that have been added as of yesterday!!! Go to etsy.com and then in the search bar type: "Healing Heartaches" and that should take you to the site of "Healing Heartaches Inspired Jewelry by Joan! Mark it as a favorite so that you can visit often and see what is coming! So there you have it... new news of the inspiration and the wonderful talents of Joan and her lovely jewlery inspired by Healing Heartaches! I am richly blessed aren't I?
The stories of kitchen tables continue to bless me as I hear from others whose memories have been whet by reading Healing Heartaches, by reading the blogs; but mostly by allowing themselves to travel back into their hearts and remember...
The joys, the heartaches, the healing... along with the cakes, the coffee, the tea and the krumpled kleeenex. The many and varied stories, the "family secrets", some that came into the light and others that have stayed buried for oh so long for fear of the pain that would be caused or be felt if they were ever uncovered.
It is no wonder that often we comment on the rich and beautiful woods of tables, the age with such beauty. Perhaps it is the elbows that polish them frequently or the stories they hold that allow them to age with such amazing grace and beauty; akin to the lines on the beautiful faces of our Elders, each holding a story, a lifetime of both loveliness and painful moments.
This photograph is filled with the joys one has to hold in memories of a grand birthday celebration; a home alive with gaiety and laughter as another year is celebrated both with family of birth, family of choice and friends! It would appear that the cake was pretty darn good as well.
Gatherings seem to end up near the kitchen tables, near the kitchen and often it is not for the food as much as it is for the fellowship... perhaps it is the warmth of the memories from years past, the togetherness and closeness of quarters of feeling the nearness of each other. That may be more of "yesterdays' memories as kitchens seem to have become larger and larger in homes today! But it does seem that large groups often gather in the smallest of areas, and it just may be that they like to "huddle close together" to feel that close knit feeling of times once enjoyed, to be able to hear and be heard when talking about "matters of the heart"!
Say what you will, mean what you say; kitchen tables will always hold special and sacred meaning for many.
Do you have a favorite memory of times shared? Do you remember sitting round that table with friends, family and gatherings of good times? Do those memories bring you balance, peace or happiness in your heart?
Go to that place of peace, of happy thoughts and memories if they bring comfort: write it down so that it won't escape you in your day to day life... it may be a lovely respite from physical, emotional or spiritual pain... it may even just be a respite from a busy day at times.
Times at the kitchen table, whether we were there or enjoyed the stories of others; all are tools to use to enhance our lives, to enrich our hearts, our joys. We are all interconnected in all that we do.
Kitchen table insight allows us to sit with our backs straight, to hold our heads upright... we can prop our elbows on the table if we want and lean in if we must... with an ever ready supply of generic kleeenex handy and a cup of coffee nearby and a good friend there to talk with... what more could we possibly need?
OH yes, I asked dear Lizzie what was the first memory that photo generated for her of that photo she so graciously allowed me to use: Her reply, "It was Rebekkah's birthday party, and when I looked at it before sending it I smiled remembering how great that we were able to surprise her so completely and that it was during the New Years Eve Party too"!
Sweet memories, kitchen table insight and a great time was had by all; through the years, through the generations. Perhaps everyone needs a kitchen table, even if they have to go to the thrift store and buy a little fold up card table and put a cloth on it! It will become the hub for conversations, the keeper of the stories, the place where magic happens...
"Some of our most exquisite murders have been domestic, performed with tenderness in simple homey places like the kitchen table" {Alfred Hitchcock}
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3 comments:
Kitchen Table Series:
Another moment I recall, the very last
Thanksgiving our entire family was together,
we had to put 2 (two) very large & long wooden tables together, a feast from end-to-end at my sister's house. Mom, Dad, 4 siblings, spouses,neices, nephews, grandchildren, pets.
Many photos were taken that year and cherished today. A very happy time to remember.
Good luck with the jewelry & book.
IRM
I thought I was cross eyed when I first read the comment about murder, then saw that it was a quote form who else Alfred Hitchcock.... Funny, very funny. Caught my attention. Had to laugh.
Can't wait to see Joan's jewelry.
Dr.Ses. thought I would share some of my memories of special kitchen tables. They are special, growing up that is where things happened. My friend who is having some serious health problems brought back memories of her Mom & Dad kitchen table. They always had a old fashioned coffee pot brewing and let me tell you that coffee was strong. Ms. Dorothy lived to be 100 yrs. old, she was a sweet and kind woman who made you feel like family when you visited. You had to eat and she talked about the Bible whole lot. She knew what she was talking about. Mr. Harman was a lovely fun man who was a slender at least 6ft. and maybe more tall. He loved to pull jokes on you. He was a minister in later life. He would jokinly leave messages on the kitchen table telling Ms. Dorothy what he wanted to eat that day. He always called her Ms. Dorothy. I remember visiting him one time when he was sick. He said how is your mom? I said I just talked to her. He said how did you do that? I said on the telephone and the jokster he was, he said does that telephone line reach all of the way up the hill? I thought poor old fellow he does not know what he is talking about. He started laughing and he knew he had got me. What wonderful memories kitchen table and all of the fun we had. Get it together families before it is too late. Keep on Keeping On. Dr. SES
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