<html><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"></head><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; line-break: after-white-space;" class="">Thank you Ellie, such a beautiful way and place to begin the gifts and blessings that await us in this moment and throughout the coming year.<div class="">Jean<br class=""><div><br class=""><blockquote type="cite" class=""><div class="">On Dec 28, 2022, at 6:11 AM, Judi White via OE <<a href="mailto:oe@lists.wedgeblade.net" class="">oe@lists.wedgeblade.net</a>> wrote:</div><br class="Apple-interchange-newline"><div class=""><div dir="auto" class="">Birthday blessings, Ellie. Ibb gratitude for lifting Spirit up so vibrantly, the new year becomes a welcome partner aswe step forward to walk along together. Judi</div><br class=""><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Tue, Dec 27, 2022, 10:38 PM Ellie Stock via OE <<a href="mailto:oe@lists.wedgeblade.net" class="">oe@lists.wedgeblade.net</a>> wrote:<br class=""></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">
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<div class="">In the midst of being impacted by all that is going on now globally, nationally, ecologically, politically, economically, culturally, and personally, I hope you also being sustained and nurtured by the deep wells of wellness and wholeness during this Christmas season.</div>
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<div class="">Below is a birthday witness, not a song, despite the title, provoked by the end-of-life sessions faciliated by Dick Alton and similar sessions during our church Sunday Forums.</div>
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<div class="">Grace and peace as we enter the new possibilities of 2023.</div>
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<div class="">Ellie Stock</div>
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<div class=""><span style="background-color:transparent;font-family:"Times New Roman",Times,serif;font-weight:bold" class=""><font size="3" class="">A BIRTHDAY WITNESS:</font></span><br class="">
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<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:normal"><b class=""><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"" class=""><font size="3" class="">ONE
LAST SONG<u class=""></u><u class=""></u></font></span></b></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:normal"><b class=""><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"" class=""><font size="3" class=""> </font></span></b></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:normal"><span style="background-color:transparent;font-size:10pt" class=""> </span><span style="background-color:transparent;font-size:10pt" class=""> </span><b style="font-size: 12px; background-color: transparent;" class=""><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"" class=""> </span></b><span style="font-size: 12px; background-color: transparent; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;" class="">One last song as light recedes to light</span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:normal"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"" class=""><font size="3" class=""> One last song still falling in love
with Life<u class=""></u><u class=""></u></font></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:normal"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"" class=""><font size="3" class=""> One last song in gratitude for birth<u class=""></u><u class=""></u></font></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:normal"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"" class=""><font size="3" class=""> One last song in gratitude for Earth<u class=""></u><u class=""></u></font></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:normal"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"" class=""><font size="3" class=""> for Creation’s mirth and
expanding girth<u class=""></u><u class=""></u></font></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-indent:.5in;line-height:normal"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"" class=""><font size="3" class="">One
last song for Spirit’s rising Cry<b class=""> <u class=""></u><u class=""></u></b></font></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:normal"><font size="3" class=""><b class=""><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"" class=""> </span></b><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"" class=""> for
heart’s ecstasy and ebbing sigh<u class=""></u><u class=""></u></span></font></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:normal"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"" class=""><font size="3" class=""> </font></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:normal"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"" class=""><font size="3" class="">So, THANKS BE for Awe-filled
misting mountain sunrise skies<u class=""></u><u class=""></u></font></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:normal"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"" class=""><font size="3" class="">For big tree
forests and butterflies<u class=""></u><u class=""></u></font></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:normal"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"" class=""><font size="3" class="">For sandy sea shorelines
scattered with shells,<u class=""></u><u class=""></u></font></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:normal"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"" class=""><font size="3" class=""> sparkling and gurgling in surging
tide’s swells<span style="color:#c00000" class=""><u class=""></u><u class=""></u></span></font></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:normal"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"" class=""><font size="3" class="">For kittens and birdsong
and tiny green tree froggies<u class=""></u><u class=""></u></font></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:normal"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"" class=""><font size="3" class=""> piercing my being with wide red-eyed
gogglies <u class=""></u><u class=""></u></font></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:normal"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"" class=""><font size="3" class="">For brilliant fall
leaves and snow-blanketed cities<u class=""></u><u class=""></u></font></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:normal"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"" class=""><font size="3" class="">For wind and rain
and weather proclivities<u class=""></u><u class=""></u></font></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:normal"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"" class=""><font size="3" class="">For morning walks,
sensing Nature’s delights<u class=""></u><u class=""></u></font></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:normal"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"" class=""><font size="3" class="">For evening
ponderings of things out of sight<u class=""></u><u class=""></u></font></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:normal"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"" class=""><font size="3" class="">For awakening aroma
of blossoming orange grove and peonies<u class=""></u><u class=""></u></font></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:normal"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"" class=""><font size="3" class="">For yummy ice cream
and healing fresh fruits and veggies <u class=""></u><u class=""></u></font></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:normal"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"" class=""><font size="3" class="">For dark night
desert skies and bold winking stars<u class=""></u><u class=""></u></font></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:normal"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"" class=""><font size="3" class="">For crescent moon
and Venus kissing from afar<u class=""></u><u class=""></u></font></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:normal"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"" class=""><font size="3" class="">So . . .<u class=""></u><u class=""></u></font></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:normal"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"" class=""><font size="3" class=""><br class="">
</font></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:normal"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"" class=""><font size="3" class=""> Ref<u class=""></u><u class=""></u></font></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:normal"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"" class=""><font size="3" class=""> </font></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:normal"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"" class=""><font size="3" class="">So, THANKS BE for
homes and hearths and hearts of hope and humor and welcoming the </font></span><span style="background-color:transparent;font-size:10pt" class=""> </span><span style="background-color:transparent;font-size:10pt" class=""> </span><span style="background-color:transparent;font-size:10pt" class=""> </span><span style="background-color:transparent;font-size:10pt" class=""> </span><span style="background-color:transparent;font-size:10pt" class=""> </span><span style="background-color:transparent;font-size:10pt" class=""> </span><span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12px;" class="">guest</span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:normal"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"" class=""><font size="3" class="">For close family
bonds and covenant love, passionate embraces and babes at breast<u class=""></u><u class=""></u></font></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:normal"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"" class=""><font size="3" class="">For beloved friends,
colleagues, and the communion of saints who gave more than their best<u class=""></u><u class=""></u></font></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:normal"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"" class=""><font size="3" class=""> living their care and dying their
dare, ashes to ashes, dust to dust<u class=""></u><u class=""></u></font></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:normal"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"" class=""><font size="3" class="">For smiles and
laughter, celebrations and commemorations giving life zest<u class=""></u><u class=""></u></font></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:normal"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"" class=""><font size="3" class="">For humbling
struggles and empowering quest<u class=""></u><u class=""></u></font></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:normal"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"" class=""><font size="3" class="">For meetings and
movement marches embodying a vision<u class=""></u><u class=""></u></font></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:0in;margin-left:.5in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:normal"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"" class=""><font size="3" class="">of resilient, Earth-integrity
communities of diversity, justice, and communion<u class=""></u><u class=""></u></font></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:normal"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"" class=""><font size="3" class="">For the arts that
enliven and encourage the soul<u class=""></u><u class=""></u></font></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:normal"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"" class=""><font size="3" class="">For wisdom that
enlightens and transforms our goals<u class=""></u><u class=""></u></font></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:normal"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"" class=""><font size="3" class="">For silence and
stillness that melts us into deeper and broader dimensions of self and love<u class=""></u><u class=""></u></font></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:normal"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"" class=""><font size="3" class="">For pilgrimages
that honor countries and cultures with renewing compassion<u class=""></u><u class=""></u></font></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:normal"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"" class=""><font size="3" class="">For Beings of the
Way that live with passion—that sing and dance and partner in solidarity<u class=""></u><u class=""></u></font></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-indent:.5in;line-height:normal"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"" class=""><font size="3" class=""> with Those Who Care, with those who are
suffering<u class=""></u><u class=""></u></font></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:normal"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"" class=""><font size="3" class="">For the unconditional
Word about Life that frees us to Know, Do and Be courageously:<u class=""></u><u class=""></u></font></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:normal"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"" class=""><font size="3" class=""> Life is Good; I am Beloved; the Past
is Forgiven; and the Future is Possibility<u class=""></u><u class=""></u></font></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:normal"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"" class=""><font size="3" class="">For the Atomic and Cosmic
Song and Dance, Grace from particularity
to eternity<u class=""></u><u class=""></u></font></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:normal"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"" class=""><font size="3" class="">For the wonder of Earth,
our Common Home, our Common Origin and Destiny<u class=""></u><u class=""></u></font></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:normal"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"" class=""><font size="3" class="">For the joy and
grief of Life’s journey’s Calling from 13.8 billion years ago<u class=""></u><u class=""></u></font></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:normal"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"" class=""><font size="3" class="">Through rise and
collapse to the seventh generation, may it be so… in<u class=""></u><u class=""></u></font></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:normal"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"" class=""><font size="3" class=""> Hope beyond hoping<u class=""></u><u class=""></u></font></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:normal"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"" class=""><font size="3" class=""> Peace passing understanding<u class=""></u><u class=""></u></font></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:normal"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"" class=""><font size="3" class=""> Joy and thanksgiving unceasing and<u class=""></u><u class=""></u></font></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:normal"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"" class=""><font size="3" class=""> Love unconditioning<u class=""></u><u class=""></u></font></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:normal"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"" class=""><font size="3" class="">So . . .<u class=""></u><u class=""></u></font></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:normal"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"" class=""><font size="3" class=""> </font></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:normal"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"" class=""><font size="3" class=""> Ref<u class=""></u><u class=""></u></font></span></div>
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