Still Life

Came across this quote and am still thinking about it:

"What we grieve is not the loss of a grand vision, but rather the loss of common things, events and gestures...Ordinariness is the most precious thing we struggle for, what the Jews of the Warsaw Ghetto fought for. Not noble causes or abstract theories. But the right to go on living with a sense of purpose and a sense of self-worth - an ordinary life".

- Irena Klepfisz, survivor of the Warsaw Ghetto
on the 45th anniversary of the uprising


Ordinary life: the lilac bouquet on my desk, The Dog pattering through the kitchen in search of something to chew, pork chops to brine, bills to pungle, writing to do. And I know Ms. Klepfisz (I love that name) is right. The things that matter most to me are the things that are ordinary and the only thing I fight for is the right to continue pursuing my ordinary course.