Posts tagged Hod
26 Days of the Omer. That is 3 Weeks and 5 Days.
26 Days of the Omer. That is 3 Weeks and 5 Days.

Hod shebe Netzach
Hidden Splendor within Endurance
Saturday evening May 18 and Sunday May 19
Shavua Tov
Devon Spier is sitting on a big rock and shouting out her poetry into the sky.
It falls around us like rain if rain were fairy dust. . . .
Enjoying the soft butterfly kisses of her words on my skin, I’m watching Joseph and Asnat dance in the light. They are a swirl of blues and reds, greens and yellows, and of course they are wearing bells. When they lean together and their heads touch their curls, hers bouncing on her shoulders and his loose and flowing down his back, intertwine. 

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Jewish HolidaysAmy ArielJoseph, Josef, Asnat, Osnat, Netzach, Tiferet, Hod, Devon SpierComment
19 Days of the Omer. That is 2 Weeks and 5 Days.
19 Days of the Omer. That is 2 Weeks and 5 Days.

Hod shebe Tiferet
Gratitude within Beauty
Saturday evening May 11 and Sunday May 12
That is 4,749 days I have counted since my bone marrow transplant on May 12, 2011.
Which was the 8th of Iyar that year.
This year, the 8th of Iyar is May 16th. 
I’m going to go ahead and celebrate both days.

The sun glows extra warmly tonight as it sets and one by one, and group by group, so many people come to walk with me that a Biblical author would tell you we count in the thousands. Tens of thousands. Hundreds of thousands. 

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Jewish HolidaysAmy ArielOmer, AML, Hod, Tiferet, Sefirat haOmer, BMT, Gratitude, BeautyComment