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"not-yet-sent-to-bed children" 😍

(They seem to be here too! 😀)

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“a kind of hope whose fruit we do not know because we didn’t plant the seeds.” - beautiful!

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Shawn, I'm enjoying these poetic reflections, they seem just right for the season you and Maile find yourselves in. Thank you for offering us a glimpse.

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this is gorgeous - have you submitted it anywhere?

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I have a fire going this morning, and a window open. :)

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Thank you for demonstrating to us that hope in itself is a beautiful thing--something to be savored. It will be gratifying, I think, to watch those hope-seeds grow!

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Beautiful thoughts, eloquently expressed. May your patient waiting yield just what you need. Thank you always for writing, Shawn.

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