first lines

each life is an expression of a gift- God's gift of time and thought divinely clothed in a human, breathing, talking, aching, loving being. the power of what we are by design is all the more obvious for our frailty, our fatiguability, our mortality, our very humanity. the beauty is in our expression of these common ills, our triumph over, our victories despite, and the depth of compassion that can well from us because of these.

here's to life and living