I stumbled over this poem this morning, and it seemed apt for this place — by Thomas Hardy:
Never a careworn wife but shows
If a joy suffuse her,
Something beautiful to those
Patient to peruse her,
Some one charm the world unknows
Precious to a muser,
Haply what, ere years were foes,
Moved her mate to choose her.
(I won’t quote the second stanza here because, most Hardy-ishly, it’s a bit of a downer :-).
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April 17, 2010 at 3:24 pm
virginiasusan
Ruby,
It’s such a heavy responsibility to be a parent. There’s so much hostility to the faith we hold so dear. We need to love and encourage them to follow the Lord and to constantly uphold them in prayer.