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Hand in Hand ( cont . from page 49 )
ready to be done with this life . She was warm under a quilt in the quiet of the evening , with the snow swirling outside , and I pondered the sheer math of a hundred years of busy hands . How many asparagus snapped , clothespins pinned , beets pickled , egg cracked , meals prepared , dishes washed in a century ? How many babies comforted , shirts laundered , hunting and fishing camps fed , mason jars full of summer sun ’ s sweetness lined up on pantry shelves ? I held her hand as she released her final breath , closing the circle that began with baby Helen ’ s first gasp at birth . It was hard , and beautiful , and an honor to be there . It ’ s a special kind of midwifing , waiting with loved ones as they move on to whatever is next .
And ever since then I have been looking at my own hands , with gratitude and awe . My son ’ s hands at the piano , my daughter ’ s hands with a sketching pencil , the hands in the studio showing the hands of others how to work glass , wool , clay , metal , wood into something of use or beauty . It ’ s a narrow window we have , just a century , and our hands begin untrained and often end arthritic , but in between there is so much work to do : making , fixing , planting , sculpting , caressing , crafting , building , tending , and the never ending process of handing our skills along to a younger set of hands . [
Kelly Savino may be reached via e-mail at : ksavino @ bex . net
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