PANDEMIC DIARY

ON THE WAY

October 5, 2020

Two years One Month 21 Days

Sorry! My mind and body have taken a slight vacation. Adele and I left for a one week ‘stay-near-cation’ at Topsail Beach. We arrived on Saturday. And, my physical and spiritual Presences have gratefully drifted along with the tide.

I hope to return to writing soon with some observations and comments about today’s events and things more jolly…plus Part 2 of Edward Snowden For President. In the meantime, on the way down to Topsail, we detoured to Tarboro, NC, where Adele read an article on a notable 19th century church cemetery worth a visit. And, it was.

Coincidentally, we stopped at a ‘double-wide’ grave site with the names of two children. And, in stone images, two crosses floating on water. (I do not have a picture of the stone) That evening, on a local broadcast, the newscaster was presenting historical events in the region highlighting Tarboro, NC. The story was about the same cemetery [Calvary Parish Episcopal Church] we had just visited, and in particular that grave site.

Each of us walks their own unique path…

It is a story about two friends, girlfriends, who were inseparable. They lived next to each other and spent their waking hours together as one. Side by side. They went swimming one day, the tide making it difficult for one of the girls to swim to shore. The other girl, dutifully, turned around and swam back to help her friend. They died in their efforts. Died together. Buried side be side. Forever inseparable.

…and, beauty restores.

Have a great week!