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Originally Posted by graciegirl

My friend Ruthie is gone now. Breast cancer took her away. She had on her front door a little Jewish sign that someone gave her affectionately, just as I gave her a star of David necklace, me her Catholic friend.. She was a dear friend to me and my next door neighbor and she had her port for chemo and I had mine when we moved in next to each other in Hadley. We shopped for stuff for our homes and ate lunch out and laughed at the same things. Ruthie was not a religious Jewish girl, didn't do the holidays or keep the Sabbath, but she put up her mezzuza and I touched it each time I went in her door.

Religion or lack of it isn't the dividing factor. It is lack of kindness that divides us. I miss you Ruthie. I think I will find a Mezzuza and put it on my door.

Gracie - I've been to more memorial services for friends in the past year, than in all my prior years. I'm a religious person so I'm not offended at all by the little white crosses. They represent a peace we can believe in now, and realize later. For those who are offended, I'm sorry they don't get it. Some soul searching on their part is in order.


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