Days with my Father
http://www.dayswithmyfather.com/
Someone just sent me this link--it's an amazing photo-journal of the on-going journey of Phillip Toledano with his 98 year old father through the end of his days. There is some remarkable vulnerability from the author--about himself, as well as his father's life.
The formatting/framing was a little tricky on my screen--you may have to scroll to see it. And you have to click on the photos to see the next one--they're in a scroll setting. But this journal is well-worth the effort.
I wish I'd had the wits about me to do something like this with my Grandma Verna, who died at the age of 103 in 2001, with her Keds on, so to speak.
Thank you, Phillip. This is a remarkable piece of life that you're showing us.
My brother Frank and our Grandma Verna in 2000. She was 102 at the time.
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About Beth Patterson
The Virtual Tea House website became 'word-ripe' when, over a cup of jasmine green, I realized that the web has an expanding part to play in the communal aspects of spiritual growth.
One of my favorite hats, among several is: initiated firekeeper in the Sacred Fire Community. Hosting a monthly community fire circle, I'm being taught that the simple act of sitting around a fire with the intent of holding open-hearted space makes for some soulful community!
With a master's degree in religion, my career spans 20 years in end of life care and I currently work in the field of child abuse intervention and advocacy.
Here in beautiful Central Oregon, my spiritual homes of the high desert and the mountains are both in proximity. And for good measure, four hours away is Grandmother Ocean and the stunning Oregon Coast.
I'm making decent progress on the goal set by my mother early on: she taught us that the goal of humanity should be to become ever-more eccentric, i.e. more fully human.
Entering the 'forest-dweller' phase of life, I am honored to host the Virtual Tea House for all who wish to explore how our lives are enriched and made new a thousand times each day by the spirituality we embody. Exploring this engagement together is the purpose of the Virtual Tea House.
Welcome! Let's have a cup of virtual tea together and share what brings us joy, what we are being taught by life, how we are leaning into the Big Questions posed to us each day in sometimes 'distressing disguises'.