I have been liberated from confinement. I cannot
tell you the freedom I feel after being housebound
for 7 weeks. I have now been given permission
to drive so now at least I can get my own mail. I have
a PO Box because mail does not get delivered as
I live on a private way.
Driving to the store and getting my own food has improved
my choice of food considerably. One of the benefits
of this hibernation is that I have lost weight and at the same time
been blessed with the rediscovery of the food I used to take
for granted.
Just as we are seeing in Haiti, when there is need people
step up to the plate to help. I am so grateful that humans
have the willingness to help when occasions arise but until
we personally experience that need, our minds do not
reflect on that enormous gift. Living alone like I do and being
fiercely independent, it has been a humbling experience which
I hope I never lose awareness of.
A deep appreciation of my friends, family and all of those
human angels who stepped up to help me in my time of need
has been cemented into my awareness. Including a neighbor
who brought my trash to the local dump as we do not have
trash pickup and his kindness in purchasing and installing a
new battery in my car as the frigid temperatures had my
old one take its last gasp.
Last but not least, thank you for sending me
those wonderful cards and messages of encouragement.
Today, I am in a melancholy mood as I ponder all that I
have experienced . It has brought me into such gratitude
for all that I have and all that I have been given. I write
this as the temperature is 3 degrees and the snow drifts are
as high as the top of my deck railing. The winds that have
caused this have just about stopped and my “moaning” door
is quiet again.
The simplicity of children brings me much joy and I would
like to share with you the warmth, simplicity, joy and humor
of our little people. Remember a smile sends chemicals
to your brain and you feel “Oh, so good”!
Love and Light
Mary Grace
http://www.TheWoundedChalice.com
http://www.TheWoundedChalice.com/blog
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God’s Wife
LOOK OUT FOR THE LAST STORY……
IT WILL KNOCK YOUR SOCKS OFF
Author and lecturer Leo Buscaglia once
Talked about a contest he was asked to judge.
The purpose of the
Contest was to find the most caring child.
The winner was:
A four-year-old child, whose next door
neighbor was an elderly gentleman, who had recently lost his
wife. Upon seeing the man cry, the little boy went into the old
Gentleman’s’ yard, climbed onto his lap, and just sat there.
When his mother asked him what he had
said to the neighbor, the little boy just said, ‘Nothing, I just
Helped him cry.’
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Teacher Debbie Moon’s first graders were
discussing a picture of a family. One little boy in the picture
had a different hair color than the other members… One of her
students suggested that he was adopted.
A little girl said, ‘I know all about
Adoption, I was adopted..’
‘What does it mean to be adopted?’, asked
another child.
‘It means’, said the girl, ‘that you grew
in your mommy’s heart instead of her tummy!’
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On my way home one day, I stopped to
watch a Little League baseball game that was being played in a
park near my home. As I sat down behind the bench on the first-
base line, I asked one of the boys what the score was
‘We’re behind 14 to nothing,’ he answered
With a smile.
‘Really,’ I said… ‘I have to say you
don’t look very discouraged.’
‘Discouraged?’, the boy asked with a
Puzzled look on his face…
‘Why should we be discouraged? We haven’t
Been up to bat yet.’
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Whenever I’m disappointed with my spot
in life, I stop and think about little Jamie Scott.
Jamie was trying out for a part in the
school play. His mother told me that he’d set his heart on being
in it, though she feared he would not be chosen.
On the day the parts were awarded, I went
with her to collect him after school. Jamie rushed up to her,
eyes shining with pride and excitement.. ‘Guess what, Mom ,’ he
shouted, and then said those words that will remain a lesson to
me….’I’ve been chosen to clap and cheer.’
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An eye witness account from New York
City , on a cold day in December,
some years ago: A little boy,
about 10-years-old, was standing before a shoe store on the
roadway, barefooted, peering through the window, and shivering
With cold.
A lady approached the young boy and said,
‘My, but you’re in such deep thought staring in that window!’
‘I was asking God to give me a pair of
shoes,’was the boy’s reply.
The lady took him by the hand, went into
the store, and asked the clerk to get half a dozen pairs of socks
for the boy. She then asked if he could give her a basin of water
and a towel. He quickly brought them to her.
She took the little fellow to the back
part of the store and, removing her gloves, knelt down, washed
his little feet, and dried them with the towel.
By this time, the clerk had returned with
the socks.. Placing a pair upon the boy’s feet, she purchased him
a pair of shoes..
She tied up the remaining pairs of socks
and gave them to him.. She patted him on the head and said, ‘No
doubt, you will be more comfortable now.’
As she turned to go, the astonished kid
caught her by the hand, and looking up into her face, with tears
in his eyes, asked her.
‘Are you God’s wife?’
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SEND TO ALL WHO LOVE AND CARE FOR CHILDREN.
Hope this put a smile on your face it
Sure did mine!