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 | Carey Anthony<careygly@gmail.com> |
A Loving Tribute To A Tribute of Love 1 message
| From: Marcelo | Wed, Aug 22, 2007 at 10:35 PM |
To:Carey Anthony <careygly@gmail.com> |
Carey, my friend! I sent this same message to yourblog. I don’t know if I did it right. So I am sending it again to youthis way…I would like you to post this message on your blog…With thatsame loving hug, marcelo
Sweet Carey!
It’s just past 8 o’clock on Wednesday evening. Emily is in theorange hammock we hung in the front porch, typing away at her laptop.And now you just called! Carey, my good friend, I will never be able toexpress my gratitude to you for the most loving gift a person like mecould receive, at least not to the extent that I would like. Yourtribute, you, managed to capture the most sublime feelings of beinghuman that I have experienced in my blessed 40 years of life. I think Iknow what you would reply to the comment I am about to make :) Butplease take the time to stop and reflect on the many layers I am tryingto express when I say that I am humbled by this tribute. I live well. Isay that in the sense that I am so very content with the life I havelived, for what I have tried to become as a human speck living at theend of the 20th and beginning of the 21st centuries. But I am far fromthe person I would like to be. There is so much I would like to improveabout myself, so much I would like to do to make my little contributionto a future that is more gentle to more people. But I also carry asense of how insignificant my life is in relation to history and thesheer magnitude of humanity. And know that I sense my insignificancewithout a drop of sadness. It is just a feeling of “perspectivizing.”It is within this perspective that this gift has taken an overwhelmingmeaning of a life well-lived. The effort and, above all, thethoughtfulness in the making of this gift has rubbed the core of myself-awareness and unleashed a sudden torrent of delicious emotions.Friendship, oh what a lovely feeling it is! And then there was theavalanche of heat-warming birthday messages that your gift evoked! Ihave felt so much love that I feel like I could burst into a flame ofraw happiness! It was a gift of love that spawned yet more love. Godlove you, my friend! You have brought me closer to my dearest friendsthrough your pictures and now witty blogging. You have been able to usetechnology to remind me of some of my favorite moments in life. Youhave captured the beauty I felt in my wedding, in images that I returnto often and with the utmost delight. You have included my parents andsister in parts of my life they would have never known, were it not foryour now much appreciated click-addiction. We have been together inmany parts of this world, and you have made my memories of our worldlyfriendship so sweet through your photographic attitude. May life treatyou with the kindness you deserve…May I live long enough to returnhalf of the kindness you have demonstrated to me…Forever grateful,forever in awe that I have been worth the trouble, forever yours,
Marcelo
Comments (17)
Marcelo,
If I have captured in photos the essence of the wonderful friendships we all share, it is you that have now captured that essence in words, and I too am humbled. I’m so glad you enjoyed your “gift”. God love YOU my friend.
Beijos,
Carey
xoxo
That’s so cool!
You really do have many good friends, Carey!
Toodles!
It’s spelled Viejos, actually.
Ja Mata!!
ja mata means “see you later” japanese (i think)
what a friend!
thanks.
My bad. Never mind. ^_^
that’s actually a comic from xkcd.com, check out his other stuff if you haven’t already! hilarious stuff
;0 what;s up
wow…long time no speak…i will catch you later… =) anyway enjoy life ya
I have, in fact, purchased a Jansport.
Or as my friends and I like to joke, Jansporn.
What a beautiful friendship. Carey, you are really something special. : )
wow – awesome! well deserved email.
@Francisc0 - Hey…does this still go to your email?? What happened to you?