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Feast of All Souls

Today in the Christian church is the Feast of All Souls, the day when we remember our loved ones who have died.  I did not write a post about this today, perhaps because I have been talking a lot about grief and darkness lately and that felt like enough.

But then I read Rachelle’s achingly beautiful post about remembering her own lost son and I knew I had to mention this day’s significance and urge you to go read over at Magpie Girl

And while you’re there you might also hop over to her Etsy store and pick up one of her lovely new shrine kits.

-Christine Valters Paintner @ Abbey of the Arts

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2 Responses

  1. I flicked through all those links. How inspiring! I think I want to try my hand at a few of the matchbox shrines. Thankyou for sharing that.