Friday, June 30, 2006
a day to be remembered
Today we're leaving for Boulder, CO. We'll be spending a week up there, camping. This trip is a prelude to where we will be living starting next year. We're both extremely excited about living there. From the base of the Jewish Renewal movement, it being an area known for spiritual awakening, being surrounded by holistic and like-minded individuals. The way thet Rabbi Firestone described her moving there when at very much the same place in life Nadine and I are, I'm not looking forward to losing our individuality and uniqueness, but it is well worth it for the sense of community we will have.
Today we're ordering our replacement wedding bands. These are much more personal than the ones we placed on each other's hands four years ago. Nadine picked out a very vintage looking, silver wedding set, with one main diamond and many small diamonds lining the length of the band. I will be ordering a simple silver ring with raised Hebrew letters saying, "Matzati Et She'ahava Nafshi" - meaning "I found him/her who my soul loves". This saying from the songs of Solomon goes on to say, "I held him, and would not let him go". The him/her is not gender specific, but I think works either way - whether seeing the ring as a gift from Nadine, or a proclamation from myself.
Today, four years ago, I held the hand of an Angel, and vowed her eternity.
