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The Hope for a Normal Week

The Hope for a Normal Week

and a poem and some Sunday Suggestions

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Apr 21, 2024
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His kitchen is cluttered with casseroles made by fine Christian women

he calls me when he needs the sound of another voice
I chatter to fill the silence, words he won’t remember tripping out of my mouth
I wonder what comfort I can give the devout at a time like this
she believed and believed and believed
through disappo…

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