Today is Yom Kippur....the holiest day of the year for Jewish people.
We reflect on the year that has been, and pray to God for forgiveness for our sins. We fast and pray, and then we hand it over and let it go....it is solemn and beautiful.
I don't fast or go to synagogue, but I honor my mum on this day by not listening to music or watching tv, and I don't eat anything other than what I need for fuel. And I think of her and my dad and my brother and love them, and I say the holy prayer for the dead.