Our mother saw Beauty in all, and taught us to use our "gift of the Eyes to See, with the Perception of Soul"... She was particularly inspired with what she saw during a trip to Egypt, and came home after a Nile cruise in 1992 alive with the experience that had touched her soul. She wrote this poem,inspired by a falcon she had seen soaring in the sky... "The Strands of Eternity" by Joan M. McGrath High High High Wheeling lazily on broad, proud wings, Circled the Falcon God of Ancient Egypt... There He was to greet me after my Life Time of "Journeying - Towards" - Through Time and Experience to Ancient Egypt with its Powerful Mysteries and Stories and Mythologies concerning the Birth of a Magnificent Civilisation... INCREDIBLE STUNNING BREATHTAKING - He soared effortlessly in the azure sky of piercing blue at one with the Universe: then, sweeping down the cliff face of the Ancient Temple, his Shadow kissed the timeless features of the God King with soft, dark caress, feather-light on ancient stone, Uniting the Past with the Present before my Wondering eyes; Weaving the Tapestry of Life across the aeons of Time, times of Endeavour, Visions and Hope, Faith and Dreams - - In one brilliant moment joining Past with Present with the Strands of Eternity ... "Abu Simbel" in the Land of the Nile Built in 1292 BC and seen in 1992 AD (PS. what is even more magical and mystical in this Journey called Life is that Ilana and Tom, both international teachers, are moving to Egypt with their 3 boys in August 2013 for a new posting after having taught in Colombia, Ecuador, New Zealand, Mexico, India, Qatar and the Philippines. The job offers were accepted back in February, long before any of the momentous events of April... and yet we will be in the land where my mother was so deeply touched by this experience. Her love will be with us continually as we too all look out to that very same horizon that so captured her attention.)