I’m home now from my last Paraklesis at St. Barbara before we move. My face is salted with tears, my fingers are sticky with ripe fig juice from the figs placed in my hand by a friend whose habit is to place encouragement. The courage of figs, the gift of dried tears, and the blessings of priest and chanter and friends: these are with me in the leave taking. #stbarbaradurham #kinardmove #beautyofholiness
