Friday Fictioneers – Bobeshi Rivqah
Bobeshi Rivqah lived with her son, Rabbi Gerwitz and his family, above the temple in Brooklyn, New York.
She enjoyed walking and talking with everyone in the neighborhood.
They all knew her as bobeshi.
Retelling stories from her childhood at the Treblinka concentration camp, often, brought tears from those who listened.
Now, her health was failing; too ill to take walks.
Rabbi Gerwitz asked the congregation for prays for bobeshi.
Stomach cancer took her before the test results came back.
The congregation overflowed into the street as the family sat shiva.
Finally, Bobeshi Rivqah had found loving acceptance and peace.
2019©Isadora DeLaVega
Genre: Historical
Word Count: 100
Photo Prompt:©RogerBultot
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Rivqah / רִבְקָה – Rebbecca
Bobeshi / באָבעשי – Granny
Shiva / שִׁבְעָה – literally means seven. It is the week-long mourning period in Judaism.
Sunday Song – The Beauty of the Dancer
You see the beauty of the dancer,
You hear the beauty of the song,
You feel the beauty all around you,
You wonder where do you belong.
You are the beauty of the dancer,
You are the beauty of the song,
You are the beauty all around you,
You’re standing right where you belong.
All above you,
All below you,
All around you,
All within you.
Beauty all above you, beauty all below you,
Beauty all around you, beauty all within you
You are beauty
You are beauty
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The Beauty of the Dancer
words/music©SaraThomsen
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Lens Artists Photo Challenge – Monochrome
Life is only traveled once.
Today’s moments become tomorrow’s memory.©annoymous
A flower does not think of competing with the flower next to it.
It just blooms.©ZenShin
If you could see the miracle of a single flower clearly
your whole life would change.©buddah
Kindness is igniting a light in someone, for no reason,
other than to watch them glow.©
To be a star you must shine your own light,
follow your own path and not worry about the darkness
for that is when the stars shine brightest.©annonymous
The wonderful thing about beauty is that it has so many layers,
the outer one being the least important.
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Sunday Song – I Ain’t Got Nobody
Carnival of Mirth
A gypsy fire is on the hearth,
Sign of the carnival of mirth;
Through the dun fields and from the glade
Flash merry folk in masquerade,
For this is Hallowe’en!
2019©AuthorUnknown
Friday Fictioneers – Just Once
The study was dreary even with the sun shining through the thin curtains.
‘Just once,’ he’d said.
Part of her wanted to give into his adulterous plan.
She twisted her wedding band round and round.
Her heart fluttered with a wave of excitement.
Glancing at the clock, she knew Randall wouldn’t be home for hours.
His empty whiskey glass her justification for the wayward exploit.
The phone rang again.
She picked up the receiver slowly; her yearning greater than her reasoning.
She could hear his voice was full of desire.
“Once,” she said to him, “just once and never again.”
2019©Isadora DeLaVega
Word Count: 100
Genre: Flash Fiction
Photo Prompt:©Fatima Fakier Deria
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Lens Artist Photo Challenge – Seeing Double
May our hearts garden awaken bloom with hundreds of flowers … Thich Nhat Hanh
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Lens Artist Photo Challenge – Seeing Double
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Be Who You Are
You can’t be everything to everyone …
You need to be everything to one: yourself.
Often times, we live our lives based on what others expect of us.
If we don’t meet their expectations we wallow in self-doubt and deprecation.
We can’t bare the pain we see in their eyes or read in their words.
Our lives are ours to live in our own way. We can never please everyone.
Yes, we can hope to be seen as who we truly are.
Unfortunately, we can only be a beacon of light guiding others to the path of kindness while healing our own wounds.
If we embrace our own journey with open eyes and travel to the places and moments that heal us, we will find greater joy for life everyday.
Every moment we savor in our lives is an immense gift of peacefulness we couldn’t see before.
2019©Isadora DeLaVega
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When your life passes you by
until you believe that you’re no one
Every time you’re tempted to cry
make a om of your own
Take your time
Searching high and low
Try to climb every doubt every soul
Through the sky, there’s a path you know
Take your time to catch the frame of every rainbow
Free times for a lifetime
Sound of the universe
Waking the dream of the sleep
Suddenly silence
Take your time
Searching high and low
Try to climb every doubt every sorrow
Through the sky, there’s a path you know
Take your time to catch the frame of every rainbow
Sunday Song – Flor Palida
Flor Palida 2015©Isadora DeLaVega
If someone tells you a certain
song is important to them,
You should close your eyes,
turn up the volume
and really listen.
By the end of the song,
you will know that person much better.
2019©Isadora DeLaVega
Marc Anthony – Flor Palia
**** Flor Palida – Faded/Pale Flower
Nurture Yourself – When Things Go Wrong
When things go wrong as they sometimes will,
When the road you’re trudging seems all uphill,
When the funds are low and the debts are high,
And you want to smile but you have to sigh,
When care is pressing you down a bit
Rest if you must, but don’t you quit.
Success is failure turned inside out,
The silver tint on the clouds of doubt,
And you can never tell how close you are,
It may be near when it seems afar.
So, stick to the fight when you’re the hardest hit
It’s when things go wrong that you mustn’t quit.
2019©IsadoraDeLaVega
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