Down to the last box. She couldn’t believe it, not a thing broken, not a thing missing. All those fragile wine glasses, precious fine china teacups, all intact after three months of sea travel, various up loadings and offloading’s. Lord you’ve carried us and all our things so far, your care for us is amazing! The last box is opened,…
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They stood there, eyes wide, fingers nervously fiddling with backpack straps. Thirty new students starting today. The daughter is not the only one. She blends in with her own wide eyes. She stands and watches as the daughter walks away to begin a whole new chapter. Lord, may she know your presence with her, in her, all over her. She’s…
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‘It has to get ugly and dirty before it can be beautiful again,’ he said as the dust settled around them. Plaster board lay in heaps around the hollowed out remains of the kitchen. Electrical wires hung from the ceiling and skeletal studs stood exposed along the wall. ‘I suppose so, it’s just such a mess,’ she said. ‘That’s construction…
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She stood on the edge of the cliff looking out to a sea shrouded in mist. She likes to see the horizon, have a clear view, know what’s coming.  She likes to plan, have things in order. She likes lists and to be able to check things off. And as they leave this land and enter a new one, she…
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Goodbyes leave a hole. And the deeper the love is, the deeper the hole is. She watched as the daughter struggled to hold back the tears that came through body wracking sobs. She has loved and been loved so deeply. ‘I’m just so tired of it all, I don’t want to say anymore goodbyes. It’s too hard.’ ‘Don’t hold them…
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