In the movie Amelie, there is a delightful gnome that is photographed all over the world and then the photos are sent to a man who needs to have life awakened in him. It is a most delightful movie.
When I was heading to Moldova, Hungary, and then Salzburg Austria just over two years ago I had packed a little woolen gnome in my suitcase and promised my beloved I would photograph it in as many places as possible and then tell him all about the journey. This photo is the record of that visit to Salzburg. Yet there is so much more to this memory as I look at it. Two years ago today, in that city of ancient history, long walks along the river, chamber music at the Festung Hohensalzburg, strudel and Austrian white wine at a side walk cafe, fresh hot pretzels in the market square, and the celebration of Easter, my beloved ask me to marry him.
It was a beautiful day, like this beautiful spring day today, and the memories have had us both laughing today as we thought about that magical time so far away from home. Today there is fresh cut wood to stack and dry for our winter fires, there is a house to clean, groceries to do, a Seder supper to plan, and bills to pay. Yet those memories and the journey we have been on together bring us to this moment where there are fresh stories being written.
I am full of gratitude to the Almighty for all that those memories - the celebrations, the changes, endings, beginnings and the faithful presence of the Divine.
The gnome sits on the bookshelf in our living room waiting for the next trip and we have a bottle of Austrian white wine to drink with supper tonight!
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