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Kindness From a Distance
“My life itself, and the best heart of it, thanks you for this great care.” William Shakespeare — Henry VIII, Act I, Scene 2 I received a thing of beauty. A reader, whose name I will not disclose here, wrote me an email that I have read and reread several times. The care with which the letter was composed is palpable; the sweet spirit of the sender is unmistakable. Just when things are quiet and bruised, the light peeks over the heat-withered pastures and becomes again that source of beauty to which I have looked since my first day. This letter is light to me. ~ S.K. Orr Dear…
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White Christmas Eve
Our family Christmas party last night was a rousing success. It was so good to have everyone here, our usually quiet home transformed into a place of light and love and boisterous good fun. We were very pleased at Jinx’s behavior at his first large family gathering. He was calm and friendly,even when little boys were firing off toy machine guns a few feet from him. Sprawled in the floor and sporting his Yuletide bandanna, Jinx was an island of quiet in a tempest of child-noise. We awoke to rain this morning, and it grew steadily more intense throughout the day. By the time Jinx and I took our afternoon…
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Please Pray
Our eldest son Jason was taken to hospital this morning. “Feels like someone standing on my chest,” he told my wife. We’re awaiting the cardiologist to perform a catheterization. Please pray for Jason, for his wife, for his children, and for my wife. He’s very calm and resolute, but this is a stressful time for the family, especially the waiting. I don’t understand prayer, but I rely on it. And I appreciate any that you might offer, dear friends. ~ S.K. Orr