Tag: blessing
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Water & Chocolate
A reflection for Holy Week Last year, I left Saturday Vigil, Easter Mass, with a bottle of Holy Water in my pocket. My friends’ darling children gathered it up for me, passing it eagerly, their tender faces alive with Easter joy. I placed it in my pocket for safekeeping. Feeling far better for having it…
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Blessed are the Mothers
(in the trenches) Blessed are the mothers in the trenches Those with a newbornWhose screaming faceThey are just getting to knowAnd yet, already, love completely, intimately – eternal.Blessed are the mothersUnfolding and cracked open Struggling to bloomEmpty stomachs, full arms, The messy bun solidified with dry shampooFor the fourth, fifth, tenth? Day in a row…
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A Blessing for Teachers – on the end of a school year.
I started this morning on a high. I had finished my last official day at school, the glorious joys of being part-time. The year is not quite finished, with official celebrations remaining. Ahead of me was a day of my own crafting, children at school and work obligations complete. I was filled with the joy…
letters and lattes 