Yesterday was Dia de las Cruces, a festive holiday in our village. The main street was festooned with palm branches tied up with big paper flowers. There was a palm arch spanning the main road down by the railroad tracks, and houses displayed crosses of various kinds on front doors and windows. There was a parade reminiscent of the Palm Sunday parade held here.
This was the most beautiful cross of all, one loaded with significance. The workers on Jack's roof constructed this cross, decorated it with paper flowers and ribbons that flutter in the breeze, and installed it sometime on Sunday, presumably without his knowledge. (I don't think he knows it's there yet.) It is meant as a house blessing and should stay there for a year, rain or shine, to insure that only goodness and harmony reside there. These workers have not always had an easy time of it but their willingness to present such a lovely gift to the casa is truly heart warming. Either that or they figured this place needs all the blessings it can get!
2 comments:
what a great custom!
That's funny Susan! I, literally, laughed out loud.
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