If I could promise you,\u00a0
that each time you took just one step\u00a0
out of doors\u00a0
something wonderful would be there\u00a0
to\u00a0\u00a0
greet\u00a0\u00a0
you\u00a0
no matter how you had been feeling that day\u00a0
with something joyful,\u00a0\u00a0
just simple\u00a0
or\u00a0
sweet\u00a0
that there were miracles and magic\u00a0
and wonder\u00a0
waiting…\u00a0 somewhere\u00a0
just next to you\u00a0
that might otherwise have been\u00a0
overlooked\u00a0
\u00a0
if I could promise that
the days when you feel sorrowful\u00a0
scornful or\u00a0\u00a0
sad\u00a0
something was there to hold you\u00a0
while you waded your way through\u00a0
something\u00a0
hopeful and tender\u00a0\u00a0
in soft muted\u00a0
light\u00a0
that possibly you just\u00a0\u00a0
hadn\u2019t realized\u00a0
was yours\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n
if I could guarantee that love
was there\u00a0
to surround you\u00a0
or that someone, somewhere was\u00a0
thinking of you\u00a0
that you were safe and needed\u00a0
and warm\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Even if…
I didn\u2019t have all the answers
to the why\u2019s, and the how’s
and the
why not\u2019s
to the ridiculous notions
of fairness
and fullness
and dues
even if, in the moment,
I couldn\u2019t give
that thing you were expecting
that sudden tangible
reprieve
from a grief in the making
would you trust me still
to know
somehow, that love and kindness
were all we could depend on
to save
us <\/p>\n\n\n\n
If I could promise you,
a hand to hold
a shoulder for strength
an arm
to lean on
ears that would listen
and a heart that would carry your pain
without judgement
without pity
without
fear <\/p>\n\n\n\n
if I could promise you grace
and presence\u00a0
and care\u00a0
the miraculous-ness of one deep\u00a0
breath\u00a0
and only in my own fallible fashion\u00a0
with no particular prowess\u00a0
no self-proclaimed\u00a0\u00a0
degree\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n
except to tell you
that I\u00a0
was born into a universe of love\u00a0
that this\u00a0
is all I know\u00a0
\u00a0
and that I\u00a0
will always,\u00a0
always…\u00a0 be here\u00a0
should you need me <\/p>\n\n\n\n
practicing
this <\/p>\n\n\n\n
… probably
in the garden\u00a0\u00a0\u2665<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
If I could promise you,\u00a0that each time you took just one step\u00a0out of doors\u00a0something wonderful would be there\u00a0to\u00a0\u00a0greet\u00a0\u00a0you\u00a0no matter how you had been feeling that day\u00a0with something joyful,\u00a0\u00a0just simple\u00a0or\u00a0sweet\u00a0that there were miracles and magic\u00a0and wonder\u00a0waiting…\u00a0 somewhere\u00a0just next to you\u00a0that might…
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