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Waiting In The Wings

by MO VEAR
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My brother Dan – peacekeeper, “diplomat” and our family’s attaché – was trying to convince me one day that we had a saint in our family’s midst.

As I smiled with pride and readied myself to graciously accept the compliment, maybe take a little curtsy, he said, “Out of all of us, Bev, will be the first one in Heaven to get her wings.”

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Challenge Day

by MO VEAR
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Son: “Mom, did you know that God can write on stones?”
Mom: “Really? How is that possible?”
Son: “With lightening.”
Mom: “Holy Cow! Lightening?”
Son: “Yep. God can do anything, Mom, just like you!”

Well, my life is complete. In the span of one breath and thirty seconds, my son managed to liken me to God – not because I am, but because he thinks I am.

Like a balloon, I felt myself fill; expanding with breaths of pride, pleasure, delight.

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On the bombing of Hiroshima

by MO VEAR
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Danny: “Mom, why did we bomb Japan after they bombed Pearl Harbor? Mom: “We wanted to end the war.” Danny: “But why would we kill more people?” Mark: “’They killed us first.” Danny: “But it’s wrong to hit back, they killed back.” Mark: “Danny, they killed moms and dads and dogs.” Danny: “Then we killed [...]

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