Last night, the bearded eye-roller and I were sitting on the back porch talking.

Gee- I could pretty much write that sentence every day, couldn't I?

Anyhoo- while usually we're out there yacking for at least an hour, some days we're out there until we can't see each other because it's so dark. Last night was one of those kinds of evenings. Judging by the clock, we were out there talking for just over three hours.

Somehow (don't ask me how!), the conversation spun around to "if I were to build a shrine for you after you died, what do you suppose would be in the shrine?"

Believe it or not, BER started this topic. He has seen some 'shrineish' things created after a loved one passed on such as a glass cabinet with mementos of that person (like their favorite boots, etc)

I know he has no intention of building a glass cabinet to fill with RisibleGirl items, fascinating as it might be....

Playing along, I told him that I really don't have anything that could go in a shrine that would really represent me very well. I think of myself as more of a conceptual person. You can't very well take my passions and turn them into something physical. The only 'thing' I have would be my wedding ring. Maybe a printed out copy of my blog- because as I've written here before, this blog is 100% authentic *ME*.

My 'stuff' is bigger than something you can put in a glass cabinet. The 'things' that represent me are more spiritual in nature. Mostly it's just plain ol' love and beauty Not *MY* physical beauty (even though... ha ha), but the beautiful things that I appreciate, like my garden and the beautiful hiking trails around here, and music.

So we thought about it some more and I said, well, maybe it'd be interesting to do a collage- kind of like the one we did in Hospice. Only, do it now.

If we had a gazillion magazines, it'd be really fun to do. Maybe I'll borrow some from Fearless Leader.

We started imagining the things each other might pick out to put in the collage. I imagine mine would have some sort of representation of the love for my sons, something to do with flowers and vines, something to do with music, something about helping someone who is down (physically or mentally).

BER imagined that his would have something to do with wheat (he spent many summers cutting wheat in Oklahoma), corvettes, technology, and wine (his hobby).

The thing is? The whole idea of the collage is to just flip through magazines and cut it out if it 'speaks' to you, rather than go looking for particular items. So, mine and his may very well be similar to what we've described for ourselves- but then again, it could be something totally different.

The more I think about it, the better I like the idea of doing this.

What do you think would be on your collage? And, if you have a partner (or have one that has passed on), what would be on theirs? Feel free to do this on your blog and then send me the link in your comments. I'm truly interested.