Beryl in the Plaza de Oriente, Madrid, Spain
Marked as beings created in the image of God, we crave communion and communication. I think of the experience of Enoch who was on a walk with God and God took him (Genesis 5:24). Perhaps it was late and God wanted to continue the conversation. We are made that way.
I have enjoyed imagining the stories of real people from long ago. Luis de Torres was a real person listed on the crew manifest of the Santa Maria as translator aboard Columbus’ voyage of discovery. He became the first Jewish person to travel to the Americas. From this I imagined his sister Sara Elena de Torres who would encounter another real person, Juan Sanchez, who was the physician on the voyage. I imagined what their stories might have been during 1492, the year of the Edit of Expulsion of Jews from Spain. I hope you will read the pages on this site about each of the three books in which their imagined stories are written (and maybe buy the books, a shameless plug).
Only three miles from our home is the historic lumber mill town of Port Gamble. There I found the tombstone of Addie May who died at age twenty in 1888. I imagined a different life for her in that town in my mystery novel Trouble at Port Gamble.
Are their imagined stories different from real life stories, like that of my mother, Janet Askren Brydges Brown? I have a tribute to her in my Blog. She was resourceful, reliable and ready for the challenges of her life. Just like Sara Elena and Addie May, in her own way. Maybe you are like that in your own way? How is your story going? I’d like to hear it.
I know we have more choices of media today than ever before. I hope we can share and communicate. Let’s walk and talk. Would you like some tea?
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