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Transparency: Finding Balance Between True and Kind

             Transparency: Finding Balance Between True and Kind[/caption] Best Laid Plans  When I first talked with the editors here @Patheos about what I hoped to say from this little cubby hole, I imagined a place where, despite the anxious climate of Earth, we would, to cite the Deep Magic , focus on “ what-so-ever things are lovely, good and true, whatever is noble and of a good report… ” while connecting friends who find themselves navigating similar waters.  I imagined bringing hope to someone knee-deep in divorce proceedings, or  comforting the anxious mind of a parent, mid-custody battle.  I wanted to cheer on the homeschooling mom or the back-to-work mom, or the mom whose nest is suddenly too empty. All waters I’ve baled from my own canoe.  I wanted to use things I had been through to remind others they aren’t alone.  I still want to.  I’ve just been working on my tightrope skills.  How do I say  ...

AT YOUR SERVICE: Daddy

DADDY He gave me his vocabulary  Verbatim To believe in life’s possibilities  And dare to trust That God is good. Taught me to seek Wisdom 

AT YOUR SERVICE: Momma

MOMMA She knows the recipe Has the address Remembers the time of my birth  And she always Always Always Believes that I have worth.

AT YOUR SERVICE: Apple Red Happiness (A True Story)

APPLE RED HAPPINESS  (A True Story)  She left their Christmas dinner  To see a man in bed In her pocket was an apple  Crisp and Christmas red “I miss the crunch of apples” the quadriplegic said  So she brought him joy and peeled it  And saw that he was fed   

AT YOUR SERVICE: Family

FAMILY In looking back I hope you’ll find Even those  who failed you miserably  Were doing the best t hey could At that time

AT YOUR SERVICE: Housekeeping

HOUSEKEEPING With mop or broom  Cleaning our room  Bent by the work of workdays I see  (and very much appreciate)  You

AT YOUR SERVICE: Pain

PAIN For high contrast And hidden springs of strength  Unearthed For showing me what real love is  And isn't  Pain,  you’re of great worth 

AT YOUR SERVICE: Ride Share Rescue

RIDE SHARE RESCUE I am watching for the silver Jetta one minute, eight seconds away... ~ Kicking snow from my boots, to the driver “Downtown, please - Hilton Garden Inn"  ~ At least for tonight, I am rescued from rage and his next DUI ~

AT YOUR SERVICE: Teachers

TEACHERS I followed my teacher And last night’s assignment  Into the quiet hall Braced for shame I found i nstead My dignity in tact  She didn't laugh Her voice was kind She let me try again