Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2007/05/28

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Subject: [Leica] IMG: SundayShot
From: len-1 at comcast.net (Leonard Taupier)
Date: Mon May 28 08:49:44 2007
References: <2B1BDF03-8E8C-4501-8196-01343C902765@mac.com>

Hi Barney,

That's a very interesting story and an interesting photo.

Thanks for sharing.

Len


On May 27, 2007, at 9:10 PM, Bernard Quinn wrote:

>
> Memorial Day, 2007...... One Saturday afternoon several weeks ago I  
> was driving along Route 16 on Maryland's Eastern Shore on my way to  
> Taylor's Island where I planed to watch work boats and take  
> pictures. As I drove through the tiny town of Madison which is just  
> a few miles to the west of Taylor's Island the late afternoon  
> sunlight and shadows in the grave yard of a very old United  
> Methodist church caught my eye. I stopped to take a look around. I  
> came across this scene. The church is old. That much I could tell  
> from the glass in the windows How old it is I don't know. The  
> church isn't wealthy. It has no running water and no parish hall,  
> not that these things matter as far as worship is concerned. The  
> cemetery is in need of some repair. The incongruity of this cross  
> among all the old stones struck me.
>
> Memorial day is a day for reflection and remembrance of those who  
> have gone before us, particularly for those whom have given their  
> lives in the defense of the freedoms that we enjoy in the United  
> States of America, as well as elsewhere. As I was thinking about  
> this the following image came back to my mind. I don't know the  
> story of Baby Willey. I wish I did. What I do know is that someone  
> cared very much. Baby Willey's marker had been very carefully made  
> from a PVC fence post. His name had been placed on it using the  
> kind of inexpensive self adhesive letters available at almost any  
> hardware store. It has no other details. No date of birth. No date  
> of death. No short, sentimental cliche which is almost obligatory  
> in these circumstances. That Baby Willey existed is what mattered.  
> Perhaps the same can be said of love. All that matters is that it  
> exists. The details are of little importance.
>
> Someone loved Baby Willey  enough to make this crucifix for him.  
> They loved him enough so that they wanted him remembered and enough  
> so that they wanted what life he had celebrated. I doubt that they  
> had the resources for what richer people would call a proper head  
> stone. But, they didn't let that stop them. They did the best they  
> could with what they had at hand. I took this picture because it  
> said something to me about love, life, and caring. I thought that  
> Memorial day would be a good time to share it. What I wish for each  
> and every on of us on this Memorial day is that we will hold in our  
> hearts and minds people we care about as much as the person who  
> erected this memorial cared about Baby Willey.
>
> Please, take some time to remember this weekend.
>
> Barney
>
>
> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/Barney/Baby_Willey.jpg.html
>
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>
>
>
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