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Wishing you all a very blessed day! At Easter we celebrate the opening of the year; The stone of winter rolls away admitting air and light. We have survived the dark days and are free to be diverted. And as we open our hands and eyes our wings unfold and carry us towards the things in store. New choices, new chances, new horizons, faces wanting to be known, hands wanting to be held, first smiles, first words, first glimpses of potential. Hope enlarges everywhere. Some of us simply begin; while others begin again, or try again, or just try and give their best. Once the shadows fall behind us, everything is possible. ~From Call the Midwife~

Celebrated another birthday yesterday. Nothing too exciting - just happy to be alive during these times. I contracted Covid and have just finished quarantining. Luckily my symptoms were not too bad. Praying this next year is a much better one.

As I reflect on the past year, trying to blur the imperfections to remove the heaviness from my heart and leave room for only the beautiful in order to start a new year fresh. Wishing for comfort for those who have lost someone, healing for those who have been ill and hugs for those that are lonely or struggling. Wishing you all good things in the New Year.

From tender stem hath sprung! Of Jesse’s lineage coming, As men of old have sung. It came, a flow’ret bright, Amid the cold of winter, When half spent was the night. Isaiah ’twas foretold it, The Rose I have in mind; With Mary we behold it, The virgin mother kind. To show God’s love aright, She bore to men a Savior, When half spent was the night. This Flow’r, whose fragrance tender With sweetness fills the air, Dispels with glorious splendor The darkness everywhere. True man, yet very God, From sin and death He saves us, And lightens every load. www.youtube.com/watch?v=g458-jXkbpU

Wishing you all a very Merry Christmas!

Happy Thanksgiving to my American friends!

This one is dedicated to Marie-Claire who just lost her husband. Prayers for her and her daughter.