Reflection

Main Entry: re·flec·tion
Pronunciation: \ri-ˈflek-shən\
Function: noun
Etymology: Middle English, alteration of reflexion, from Late Latin reflexion-, reflexio act of bending back, from Latin reflectere
Date: 14th century

1: an instance of reflecting ; especially : the return of light or sound waves from a surface

2: the production of an image by or as if by a mirror

This image is captured from a mirror on an east wall, hitting a mirror on a north wall..catching the image of a quilt on a south wall.

I absolutely love old mirrors...the peely paint, the warbled like, almost always, imperfect surface of the mirror...

my collection, so far...is nearly fifty. which means...i have a lot of reflective light in this house. they touch me...

my kids roll their eyes whenever i bring a new one home...

my daughter, especially, says...when i catch her "checking" her reflection...

"well there are so many mirrors...you make me look"...

i hope that is what she remembers about growing up, here, in the house of mirrors...

her mom made her look...at herself.

an instance of reflecting.

the return of light.

her beautiful light from within...

just BE

a light.