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letters home

You are really very brave

to live fearlessly…

to hold the heavens in your heart

and to give it all away…

to pray and to listen to the God in your mouth

to the people who are thirsty

to the shouting of pain.

You are really very brave

to have died and come from the womb

as tender and kind,

Christ holding the bread between thin bones of resurrection ,

as empty and waiting

for moonlight to breathe open a new door.

You are really very brave

to cherish the loss,

to celebrate the union

to break free…

to live for eternity

while pouring from the water jugs,

while living for only the Beloved…

Beauty,

Rev. Donna Knutson

thank you, dear heart,

for being so brave,

for your courage to stay open,

for giving, and receiving, love,

for taking me into battles

and winning wars with your ferocious strength

thank you, dear heart,

for valiantly defending your fragile tenderness

for loving your own terrible beauty

for revealing your deepest darkness to the light of discovery

and laying open your wounds to the healing air

thank you, dear heart,

for being willing to walk into

connection again and again

with open hands and beautiful trust

knowing what you know about heartbreak

thank you, dear heart,

for, even when you are shaking afraid,

you always shout,

‘YAY!’

‘Yes!’

‘Let’s dance!’

and

‘I gotta have more cowbell!’

Thank you for your life giving work

your refusal to quit

your belief in the way I live

I adore you

I honor you

I cherish

I bless

your amazing work

in my chest,

in my world,

in my relationships,

in my wanderings,

in every moment I am graced to be here.

I give you the gift of the best me,

in every breath we have together,

the brightest shining light

I can be is because of your amazing work

we do good stuff, girl,

you got the beat…

Oh, skip it, Let’s roll!

Yours forever true,

Me

❤️

Amy Lloyd

P.S. I love you