Every woman has a name
Given her by God
And given by her father and her mother
Every woman has a name
Given her by her stature and her way of smiling,
And given her by her clothes…
Every woman has a name
Given her by her sins
And given her by her longing
Every woman has a name given her by those who hate her
And given her by her love…
Every woman has a name
Given her by the seasons of the year
And given her by her blindness
Every woman has a name
Given her by the sea
And given her by her death.
~ Zelda, a Hebrew poet (1914-1984)
The following drawings were created as gifts. They are a reflection on the meaning of each recipient’s name: Janice – Gift of God; Sara – Happiness; Sandra – Protector of Mankind; Deborah – Bee; Jenifer – Fair One; and Fran – Free One. They are drawn on vellum, overlayed with another rendition on transparency, then underlayed with the text.
“JANICE – GIFT FROM GOD”
When the beautiful morning comes;
the rays of rising sun kiss her
When the garden of nature open its heart;
the garden of flowers hugs her to welcome
When the trees dance to tune of wind,
the birds singing to the nature’s choir
When the gentleness of nature is filled pleasure,
then the earth get wet with weather
When the nature forgets its vastness,
then the God shows her how big her place on earth
Let us thank God for this creation and given us,
eyes to see lovely gift – Nature
~ God’s Gift, by Ravi Sathasivam
“SARA – HAPPINESS”
I think it’s beautiful the way you sparkle when you talk about the things you love.
When I was 5 years old, my mother told me that happiness was the key to life. When I went to school, they asked me what I wanted to be when I grew up. I wrote down “Happy.” They told me that I didn’t understand the assignment, and I told them, they didn’t understand life.
~ Atticus
~ John Lennon
“SANDRA – SILENT WARRIOR”
The warrior furious, and fearless.
Her eyes full of justice, and trust.
Raising her sword at her enemies,
showing she shows no fuse.
She fights with grace and skill.
No expression, no care.
Her glowing eyes, made her foes fear her.
Her sword raises as it slashes down, onto the foes.
She is known as a mysterious, hero.
The warrior that was silent.
~ The Silent Warrior, by AlBear 224 (Alexandra)
“DEBORAH – BEE”
Villagers in Israel would not fight; they held back until I,
Deborah, arose; until I arose, a mother in Israel.
Then the people of the Lord went down to the city gates.
‘Wake up, wake up, Deborah! Wake up, wake up,
break out in song!
~ Judges, 5:7, The Song of Deborah
“FAIR ONE”
So is it not with me as with that Muse,
Stirred by a painted beauty to his verse,
Who heaven itself for ornament doth use
And every fair with his fair doth rehearse,
Making a couplement of proud compare
With sun and moon, with earth and sea’s rich gems,
With April’s first-born flowers, and all things rare,
That heaven’s air in this huge rondure hems.
O! let me, true in love, but truly write,
And then believe me, my love is as fair
As any mother’s child, though not so bright
As those gold candles fixed in heaven’s air:
Let them say more that like of hearsay well;
I will not praise that purpose not to sell.
~ Sonnet 21, Thart Muse, William Shakespeare
“FRAN – FREE ONE”
Strength and beauty are her raiment, and she laughs at the last day, free of fear. She opens her mouth with wisdom, and instruction of kindness is on her tongue. She supervises the ways of her household and does not eat bread of idleness! Her children rise and call her fortunate; [also] her husband, and praises her “Many women have acquired wealth, but you surpass them all.”
~ Proverbs, 31:25
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