Farewell moments

Each perfect exactly as she is, each full of her own gorgeousness, Bella and Olivia spent some time in the rose garden at sunset, floating rose petal fairy boats in the fountain and basking in magic. This was their last time together...as far as we know.

As Bella and Olivia were drifting happily among the roses, a dear cousin I looked up to as a child, a model for me and a strong woman, a good woman who lived by her lights in honesty and integrity, was leaving, taken suddenly by brain cancer, eight years older than I am.

In Gaza and in other places, suffering beyond measure. Unimaginable. How can the heart hold it all?