praise God from whom all blessings flow:
who created a world where you can recognize family by the way they smile
who brought us friends that ask to slow down the pace to make a walk last longer
who created a world where wrong turns lead through beautiful backroads
who brought the swan back to the pond in due season
who created a world where absences are noticed by grief
who brought us the words we needed to hear out of unexpected sources
You have given us the business of being alive in this world.
help us to do it well.
thank you.
amen.