Picking my bereaved mother up for church yesterday morning and seeing her joy and wonder as she realized the crocus sprang up and the trees began to bloom over the 6 days she remained inside as my father was dying. “I had no idea”, she said, breathing in the Spring air, “God’s world has beauty in it no matter what else is going on, you know that Nadia?”.

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