<html><body><div style="color:#000; background-color:#fff; font-family:tahoma, new york, times, serif;font-size:12pt"><font size="3">Ellie - Thanks for your wonderful expressiveness, so fitting and true and from the heart.<br>Nancy Trask</font><br><br><br><div style="font-family: tahoma, new york, times, serif; font-size: 12pt;"><div style="font-family: times new roman, new york, times, serif; font-size: 12pt;"><div dir="ltr"><font face="Arial" size="2"><b><span style="font-weight:bold;">From:</span></b> Ellie Stock <elliestock@aol.com><br> <b><span style="font-weight: bold;">To:</span></b> dialogue@lists.wedgeblade.net; oe@lists.wedgeblade.net <br> <b><span style="font-weight: bold;">Sent:</span></b> Saturday, June 8, 2013 11:34 AM<br> <b><span style="font-weight: bold;">Subject:</span></b> [Oe List ...] To Earth's (Our/My) Sisters<br> </font> </div> <div class="y_msg_container"><br><div id="yiv2348492581"><font color="black" face="Arial,
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<div><font style="background-color:transparent;">For Marge's 85th, for Georgianna, for Barbara, for all our Sisters on the Journey--past, present, future...</font></div>
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<div><i>SISTERS</i></div>
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<div><i>To Earth's (Our/My) Sisters--</i></div>
<div><i></i> </div>
<div><i>Who~ bravely dance their daily paces,</i></div>
<div><i>shine extraordinary light on ordinary places,</i></div>
<div><i>where others faint or fear to tread,</i></div>
<div><i>where laughter is born and tears are shed.</i></div>
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<div><i>Who~ steadfast, courageously with bolding care</i></div>
<div><i>encourage unheard voices to dare, to share--</i></div>
<div><i>whose own struggling and vulnerability forge the way</i></div>
<div><i>for new beginnings and brighter days;</i></div>
<div><i></i> </div>
<div><i>Who~ spirited, passionate, seized by wonder</i></div>
<div><i>endure times and worlds so torn asunder--</i></div>
<div><i>Daughters of the Universe, Mothers of Earth,</i></div>
<div><i>Midwives of Vision contracting to birth;</i></div>
<div><i></i> </div>
<div><i>Who~Friend of the forgotten, Madonna of the Trail</i></div>
<div><i>league so the beleaguered cannot fail--</i></div>
<div><i>builder of community, hub of life,</i></div>
<div><i>Heart of compassion, mind of delight;</i></div>
<div><i></i> </div>
<div><i>Who~creative, innovative, for justice, for peace,</i></div>
<div><i>no shrinking violet: advocate for the least-- </i></div>
<div><i>doormat for none, servant to All,</i></div>
<div><i>risking, responding to Mystery's Call;</i></div>
<div><i></i> </div>
<div><i>Who~teacher, mentor, pioneer and guide</i></div>
<div><i>to children who trust and adults who confide--</i></div>
<div><i>focus and frame Reality's Face,</i></div>
<div><i>girded with humor, gratitude and grace;</i></div>
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<div><i>Who~strong in weakness, discerning need,</i></div>
<div><i>choose to embrace the necessary deed--</i></div>
<div><i>unknowing, uncertain where that path leads,</i></div>
<div><i>release gifts of healing, hope and possibility;</i></div>
<div><i></i> </div>
<div><i>Who~relentless, persistent, not seeking fame,</i></div>
<div><i>through weariness or suffering, not desiring fortune's claim,</i></div>
<div><i>charm and disarm obstacles' wedge,</i></div>
<div><i>chiseling, expanding evolutionary edge.</i></div>
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<div><i>Child of sisters past, Grandmother of sisters to come,</i></div>
<div><i>Link incredible sacrifice, bequeath unconditional love--</i></div>
<div><i>Wisdom of the stewing Cosmos, gentleness of the cooing dove,</i></div>
<div><i>Incarnation, protector, celebrant of Creation's Covenant.</i></div>
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<div><i>To Earth's Sisters (Our/My) Sisters,</i></div>
<div><i>Exemplars of Mystery,</i></div>
<div><i>Creation celebrates You </i></div>
<div><i>as you BE with BEING itself in history</i>.</div>
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<div>Namaste Ho</div>
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<div>Carleton and Ellie Stock</div>
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