Layers of responsibility

note: I’m reading a book: The Secret Lives of Color by Kassia St. Clair. My doodling about responsibility.

what we remember

“I remember my first drawings of my mother’s face—longish straight nose, clear brown eyes, high-boned cheeks. She was small and slight; her arms were thin and smooth-skinned, her fingers long and thin and delicately boned. Her face was smooth and smelled of soap. I loved her face next to mine when she listened to me recite the Krias Shema before I close my eyes to go to sleep.”-My Name is Asher Lev

note: My Name is Asher Lev by Chaim Potok is our next book for Group Read which starts in September. What is Krias Shema?