(Wendy Cabell, May 2, 2021, Pascha (Orthodox Easter, its Icon above), and feast day of Saint Wilborada of Gall (martyr, bookbinder, anchoress). On Jewish calendar is 20 Iyar, when occurs (in 1312 BC) the journey from Mount Sinai. Image from here.)
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(after Dean Young)
A single gem has throbbed in my
chest my whole life. How could I
not have seen it? But then unseen
was Dad's wit and Mom's devotion.
Grandma's inquisitiveness, Grandpa's
deep well, of quiet. Uncle's wanderlust and
Aunt's courage. One brother's innovation,
other's simple joy. Still, a single gem has
throbbed in my chest all my life. Putting
hand to heart now
is enough.
*From prompt; Freewrite as inspired by Dean Young's Belief in Magic, whose "A single gem has throbbed in my chest my whole life" is used above; from Lisa Freedman's Breathe/Read/Write of May 2, 2021.
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