Here is my cousin, Sybil, who has spent most of her years after graduation all over the world teaching. She is currently in Ghana.
I think this photo is beautiful of a young lady who inspires me and whose zest for life and desire to give and share are incomparable.
Blessings dear "little" cousin, beautiful you...
6 comments:
The hat is awesome, but Sybil is gorgeous with that dazzling, beautiful smile. I thank God daily for family. Your cousin sounds like an incredible woman. Blessings!
Thanks, Marion. She's a sweet young lady, easily entreated and always bubbling with laughter and joy. She's a practicing Buddhist. I too thank God for family.
She knows how to wear a hat with style! What a beautiful young woman who apparently shares so much with those around her.
Kelly - She really does and I have more of a few of those hats too! Gotta love em, eh? My paternal aunts, all over 5' 8", have always known how to wear those hats! Grand women they are! And, of course, giving is essential to living.
Judith, I for one, would be interested in Sybil's stories in Africa - as a Buddhist and teacher.
Wmmbb - I will have to ask her about her experiences in Africa in comparision to her time in India. Imperialism has wreaked havoc and left its evil insidiousness, not to mention tribalism or its likeness based in religion and caste or whatever, having roots in the same ugliness--the destruction of culture and self-love.
Yet, we often wonder why we are not met as heroes and viewed as liberators, but seen as spoilers instead. War and conquering are often all about the spoils. Even at the start of WWII it was about conquering lands. What comes with that--its natural resources and treasures, the people and their culture be damned.
I was to accompany my aunt to Africa later this year and do a tour of many countries, but the timing is just off. So, I'll have to visit next year. Africa is one continent that I have yet to visit. I'm really looking forward to visiting the place where human life began.
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