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The Wall by Tim Murphy

5/30/2016

On a drizzly D.C. morning, in the middle of July,
My brother brought me downtown to the Mall;
Past the watchful eyes of Lincoln, 'neath a weeping summer sky,
We crossed the street to the little green and visited The Wall.

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Birthdays

5/23/2016

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Happy birthday to me!
Happy birthday to me!
Happy birthday to me!
Happy birthday to me!

Every year the Happy Birthday chorus is sung throughout the world to people who are commemorating the day they were born. This past week was my day to blow out candles and receive birthday wishes by family, coworkers and friends. I love birthdays because it is the one day a year that belongs to me. Well in my world anyway. It is our day to celebrate the past year’s accomplishments and experiences with an attitude of gratefulness.

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The Heat of the Flame…

5/16/2016

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“Hey girls, what is Pentecost?” Both of my daughters looked at me with a blank stare and said they had no idea. I looked at them as if they had grown two heads and asked, “What do you mean you don’t know what Pentecost is?” This made no sense to me. “How can you learn anything about the church in confirmation if you don’t know how the whole process started?” Sara, my oldest, would be getting confirmed in a few months and she had no knowledge of what this very important Christian day was about? How could that be? Well, at that moment the mom in me took over and made the decision to change that mistake right then and there. My girls were going to learn about Pentecost and much, much more if it took the rest of their lives. I bought notebooks, pens and each week gave them a scripture text to read and dissect with notes about what they were reading. My girls were going to know the Bible and the importance of Pentecost if it killed me. You can imagine how well that went over and how long it lasted. We laugh and joke about it now but I was dead serious at the time. I felt I had failed as a mother and as a Christian!

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Trust Me. Trust Me.

5/9/2016

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I am standing on a precipice,
looking out over the vague gray rolling fog.
The world below is hidden from my eyes.
The rock on which I stand is secure and strong.
The blanket mist is soft and limitless.
The distant light warms me.
The sky above is azure and bright.
The glow of the light reflects its brilliance overhead.

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God-Moments x 2

5/2/2016

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Many times I have taken “God-moments,” for granted. I know they happen but most often I label them as a coincidence or just a part of everyday life. What is a God-moment? You know those times when you are in the right place at the right time. Or when you meet someone in a random way and a connection is made so that you remain intrinsically linked for life. Or maybe you reach out and assist someone who really needs it and in that moment it feels like God put you in their life for a reason. This past week, I experienced a God-moment x 2 with two very different 90-year old women. And yes, both meetings happened along the way of my everyday life.

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