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Corey in the Light

7/28/2013

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Corey's friend Debbie took this photo when they were just young teenagers. Corey Considine often looked angelic in photographs: somehow the light would enter into the camera lens just as the shot was taken, capturing the essence of light all around her.

Yesterday at a family gathering--Corey had planned for many months to be there--I brought the framed photo with me along with one of my mom. I set them out on the picnic table as we shared stories and ate Southern-style barbeque with my brother's delectable cole slaw and baked beans.

Just before I thought about blowing out the candles on the cake that my daughter Julia made, I leaned over to reposition the photo of my mom that I'd brought. Julia captured the moment on my iPhone. 

Last night as I reviewed the photos before going to sleep, I saw what no one could have seen in the moment. The strawberries make red hearts, and some of the candle flames on the white plate make hearts. And the tiny flames from the cake candles make a reflective halo around Corey's head--reminding us all that she is in the light, and she is still with us.


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Jill Keele
7/29/2013 12:31:37 pm

I LOVE this picture and so glad you got it from Corey's friend. Then to add the beauty of the candles is exquisite. I have never seen strawberries that look like the shape of a heart when cut like yours in the photo did. I am mourning with you dear Sheridan. But what beautiful memories and photos you have to help heal your heart. Love to all.

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Sheridan Hill
8/25/2013 10:20:09 pm

Thanks Jill, your sisterly eye on these events is a blessing to me, and to us all. Healing is arriving in its own time and I have no choice but to be grateful for everything.

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    Love Is Stronger Than Death

    These entries are part of an upcoming book about love and grief, in honor of Corey Considine, my beautiful younger daughter. She was with us in physical form from August 12,1983 to June 6, 2013. It was a vehicle accident, at the end of a beautiful sunset she had just watched from her favorite hill. She was engaged to a wonderful young man, dabbling in art, planting gardens, planning her wedding, offering love, care, and healing to everyone she knew.

    Since that time, those of us who love her have had to work hard to deal with our grief and to be sure that the sense of loss does not overpower the love. To find a way to let our love for Corey grow. When your beloved is no longer walking on this earth, the love you had for them does not stop.
    Love is stronger than death.


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