Simon Being Taken to Sea
I saw a beautiful, moving story a few days ago and wanted to share it with you.It's titled Simon Being Taken to Sea for the First Time Since His Father Drowned. It's about a boy who lived in a tiny English fishing village, and when his father died in an accident at sea, there was a formal ceremony where he taken out in a boat so that he wouldn't be afraid of the water.
It was so formal that the boy (Simon) wore a suit, and no one spoke.
The story has one of the most poignant photographs I've ever seen, of Simon on his way back to shore. It almost moved me to tears, this almost forty-year old image.
There's an accompanying video narrated by the photographer in which he describes what it was like to live in this village for three years and take pictures. It is absolutely worth your time.
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