rosary Q Along the line suggested by doggy: From "Nightingales Under the Snow" by Annamarie Schimmel (a prolific writer on Islamic culture) So Many Ways to Call You Back Sometimes I wonder, sweetest love, if you Were a mere dream in a long winter night, A dream of spring-days, and of golden light Which sheds its rays upon a frozen heart; A dream of wine that fills the drunken eye. And so I wonder, sweetest love, if I Should drink this ruby wine, or rather weep: Each tear a bezel with your face engraved, A rosary to memorize your name ... There are so many ways to call you back -- Yes, even if you only were a dream. 000301 ... vega It's a rosary party and everybody's invited!! 000301 ... camille I finger my prayers, these bones, these beads held together by thin rope thin hope yet ... you are there http://www.dankphotos.com/whirling/images/5.jpg 000302 ... BoofPixie i used to have one made of plastic beads. my, it was pretty. 000309 ... camille I used to have one too that glowed in the dark (serious) I dropped it once, not meaning to. I remember actually feeling like i had dropped Jesus from so high up in the air. I thought he would cry...so i listened and he didn't. gosh i was about 6 at that time.... thinking back...the things we thought as children... 000310 ... dean-bean I met a girl at a party. She had a rosary with the symbol for female on it. I liked it, thought it was neat, but I wonder what the pope would think... 000310 ... Q on red 060311 ... Snook I was empty and she held the rosary 060312 what's it to you? who go blather from