Before having our first dinner of 2013 –
And after the Hubs had prayed,
I had an idea
(A truly beautiful idea if you ask me)
Initially it wasn’t warmly received
But I insisted
And so we went around the dining room table
Falafel, salad, mung bean sprouts and such, they paused
Cherishing these moments together
Three precious olive shoots
– A Soldier
– An orange hair, freckle face sophomore
The Hubs and I
Offered a one-word prayer for the person to our left
Here are the brief utterances we spoke to each other
The one-word prayers we shared for each other. I am curious to see how these words are fulfilled.
A simple, carefully selected word emerged from our lips individually
Handpicked from God, I’d like to think
A collective sigh of relief
And blessing manifested
As we feasted (finally) on all we had been given
