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Thursday, October 27, 2016

To Celebrate


A conversation about births

About deaths

About joy and excitement 
Welcoming new life into the world

About caring in sadness and loss
Saying goodbye to ageless and aged lives leaving this world

There is great love and expectation 
For the new lives we are honoured to welcome

There is great love and a breathless open hand
In the care we are honoured to give as we say good-bye

It is easy and a joy to say hello
With great determination and sadness we say our good-bye.

“What life expects of us is that we celebrate.”
~ José Eduardo Agualusa, The Book of Chameleons

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