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...whatever is lovely, whatever is gracious, if there is anything worthy of praise, think about these things. And peace will be with you.

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I do understand that they fall when I'm least able to pay attention because poems fall not from a tree, really, but from the richly pollinated boughs ...more

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She never says gracias because life is made of survival not grace, she says, and servants are paid to bring what they're asked.

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Listen. Slide the weight from your shoulders and move forward. You are afraid you might forget, but you never will. You will forgive and remember.

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Listen. Slide the weight from your shoulders and move forward. You are afraid you might forget, but you never will. You will forgive and remember. Thi...more

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Mother, you can still hold hold on but forgive, forgive and give for long as long as we both shall live, I forgive you, Mother.