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Lesson 11: Spring Always Comes
It’s spring now!
Originally uploaded by manganite
No matter how cold the season,
How deep the snow,
How long the winter,
Spring always comes.
No matter what you’re going through,
No matter How Rough,
No matter How Long,
Hold on…
The tulips will bloom,
The birds will return,
The sun will again shine,
Spring Alway Comes!
Lesson #6: US vs. Canada for Gold
As many of you know, my daughter is friends with many of the girlfriends, wives, and players of the Pittsburgh Penguins. She has also maintained friendships with past members of the team who are now all over the US and Canada. She isn’t lucky because of the benefits of their notoriety. She’s blessed because they’re some of the most kind, giving, considerate, loving young men and women she has ever known.
The gals are supportive and generous. And the guys, well, even though they’re brutal on the ice, when not laced up, they’re fun-loving, gentle giants. If fact, when she moved in the midst of one of our recent snow storms, her Penguin friends were there to shovel, deliver lunch, and carry boxes up three flights of steps! I can’t tell you what great comfort it gives me to know she is surrounded by such truely amazing individuals.
So as Canada faces the US in today’s hockey finals, and the quest for gold pits team members against one another, I find myself in a bit of a tough spot. I’d never route against my own country. The US is the best!. But I also can’t possibly hope any of those amazing men (or their significant other’s) endure a loss. (If winning silver is actually loosing.)
So, rather than praying for one team to beat the other, with the NHL playoffs right around the corner, I’m going to pray that no one gets hurt! Besides, in my eyes, each one of these men and women already have the “GOLD” - Hearts of Gold!
Who are you routing for?
