Yesterday Elijah discovered himself in the mirror. He recognized the image as himself. He couldn’t be more delighted.
He shows no sense of shame. Or guilt. Or grief. He’s getting a kick out of himself. Meanwhile, Grandma is on the other side of the room recording the moment for posterity. When Elijah reaches a stage when shame, guilt, and grief threaten to sink his spirit, we’ll pull out the video to remind him of his lovable, adorable self.
Between now and that day which will surely come, we enjoy Grandma’s video, and pray the rest of us find our way to similar joy looking back at us from the mirror.
- Gordon C. Stewart, Chaska, MN, March 22, 2018
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Oh how fun! What a fun friend he has now!!!
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Isn’t that the truth!
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Just wonderful!
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Isn’t he fun, Carolyn!
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These days, I look in the mirror and say “Hey, Mom?” One day, I stopped looking like me and became a dead ringer for my mother. Funny how that happens 😀
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Boy, do I get that, Marilyn! Well…I mean…not exactly. Didn’t know your mother. Pretty sure it’s not your mother I see looking back at me unless your mom had blue eyes and shaved.
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There is a wonderful line in the current production at the Guthrie of INDECENT that is also my favorite and very apropos. Lemml, the storyteller, tells a young actor who is afraid of her feelings in playing a Lesbian that “when the Messiah comes, no hate, no beating, no sin.”
If you haven’t seen this stunning piece of theater, run don’t walk – we close Saturday night. The message of humanity and beauty in all things takes one’s breath away. Message me if you want tickets.
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Yes, and on this indecent day in Washington, D.C., the line is worth hanging on to. “When the Messiah comes, no hate, not beating, no sin.”
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