The Sidewalk Heart

It's the Maple Seed

https://www.ontheballwalkies.com/contact/ Maple Seed in a Sidewalk Heart © 2012 Bo Mackison

https://gemmasnow.com/blog/ What a happy and holy fashion it is that those who love one another should rest on the same pillow.  ~ Nathaniel Hawthorne

source link This is a photograph of a metaphor for marriage.

https://timlarison.com/synchronicity-book-review/ See the pretty heart? It was carved out of a part of the pavement on a city sidewalk in Chicago. That seems appropriate. Sherpa and I met on a city street, in Chicago, almost 39 years ago. A stylized heart, such as this one, is a symbol of love, though I always wondered how this shape came to be.

watch See how the heart is roughly carved? A few hacks and rough spots. Some gouges and uneven outlines. Sounds like most marriages I know. Yes, even the ones that last and last and last. There are gouges and rough spots, but there are a lot more smoothed areas.

get link See how some dirt has collected in the creases, in a few of the gouges? How there is a smattering of grit and grime around the heart? Well, even in a good marriage, there is great deal of day-to-day clean-up that is required. Most of the grit gets swept away, a bit remains. That’s OK. Marriage is a committed relationship between two imperfect people. No marriage is perfect. But this particular marriage I am writing about has had some perfect moments, some great, and a lot of good enough.

follow site See the maple seed? It’s a bit bedraggled, a bit dirtied by street traffic, but it’s all in one piece. If you planted the twirly seed, there’s a good chance it would grow into a little tree. And the seed has two parts connected, but still each wing has its own seed. In a lasting marriage, there are together times and separate times. Good recipe for keeping a marriage alive.

Order Klonopin Online So maybe I am stretching the maple seed metaphor a bit. But that’s OK, too. When I saw the heart and the seed on the sidewalk a couple of weeks ago, I immediately took a photograph with the intention of writing about it and posting it today, June 12th, 2012, in honor of the 36th anniversary of the wedding of Sherpa and Bo.

https://spareveil.com/privacy-policy/ Happy Anniversary, Sherpa.

https://eternaclinic.com/treatments/ (It ain’t just anyone who gets a bedraggled maple seed in a sidewalk heart photograph for their anniversary!)

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here Bo Mackison is a photographer and owner of Seeded Earth Studio LLC.  She is taking tonight off – no camera! – and celebrating. Dinner for two in NYC!

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Order Valium Online I'm a photographer, book-artist, traveler, naturalist, and creator of the Contemplative Creatives Journey, An Online Workshop and Community and https://vietforent.com/about/ Desert Wisdom Cards and Workshops. Though often not well known, I find the desert a welcoming place - a healing space. Its mysteries and gifts transformed me several years ago. Since that first encounter, I return again and again to fill my well in what most people think of as a desolate region. I'd love to share my desert discoveries and wisdom with you. Please subscribe to receive my five part mini email course https://drsurdis.com/x-rays/ The Gifts of the Desert. It's my gift to you.

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  1. Thanks very much for the heart. 39 years has been a wonderful journey. The edges are smoothed by love and caring. 🙂 Happy Anniversary

  2. Happy Anniversary to you and Sherpa! Love the metaphors. I think they fit quite well. 🙂

  3. So beautiful..and such a perfect way to mark your anniversary. Great find!

    • Bo Mackison says

      Yeah, as soon as I saw the heart in the pavement I thought it would make a great photo for our anniversary, only a few weeks away.

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