The above video hardly does Emily Wierenga justice. I would have re-recorded it over and over if it weren’t for the children she mentioned hanging on all sides. I adore her, her words, her tender way of seeing the world broken and how she loves it.
Her family struggles now, her mother-in-law battling breast cancer. She runs this Sunday on her mother-in-law’s behalf, a race for the cure.
The struggle is real for so many of us, and even as Emily prepared to run this race, her doctor found a lump in her own right breast. Some struggles become Tangible. A mammogram on Monday will tell whether Emily’s lump is benign or not.
Would you please pray for Emily and for her mother-in-law?
Would you consider donating even a few dollars for Emily’s race tomorrow?
Thank you, friends. This community of bloggers is nothing if we can’t reach through the screen in tangible ways when the opportunity comes. Reaching through, the skin-to-skin of life here on earth, it is beautiful, worth running for and worth saying aloud with the mouth.
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oh amber.
i love you.
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I love when you read.
Thank you for introducing me to such a beautiful new blog.
Cassie Boorn recently posted..Inspiration.
Your voice makes me smile. Emily’s story makes me bleed.
Thank-you for sharing, I hadn’t made it over to her blog yet for this week’s edition of Imperfect Prose.
Erika recently posted..Wherein He {Still} Makes Music
Her words, your voice, beautiful pairing.
Emily is a favorite… and is in my prayers.
Corinne recently posted..time time time
this prayer for tommorrow….
What loveliness, Amber, the two of you paired this way. Prayers for the Wierengas.
Joy recently posted..Transfusion…
Emily is a special, special soul. Thanks for sharing this … I’ve been praying & will continue to do so for their family.
I’m so grateful to see your face and hear your voice today. Much needed poetry for my being this morning.
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“What if I find nothing but moonlight?”
“Then you will have found the reflection of a reflection.”
~ attributed to Chopin and Delacroix
I wandered earlier along the lines of these words and then along the lines of your reading. Sometimes this is all we can be for others … the reflection of a reflection.
I hope I can donate too…
Keira recently posted..Popular And Well-Known Indicators For Forex Trading
Your accent, Emily’s writing and bam. I’m on the floor. Wow. (Praying, of course, and praising God it was benign.)
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i cried when i read it the first time, and again as i listen to you read. i love emily with all my heart and this beautiful reading of her words, of her life and all the joys and sorrows of it just make it all the more tender.
rain recently posted..with morning coffee
i cried when i read it the first time, and again as i listen to you read. i love emily with all my heart and this beautiful reading of her words, of her life and all the joys and sorrows of it just make it all the more tender.
rain recently posted..with morning coffee
+1
Tears at the weight of the words combined with your lovely accent. Thank you.
haleykc recently posted..forty-three characters
my wife just sent this link over. I was impressed by the reading and very emotional words. and yes , lovely accent does the reading wonders.
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I just got here by accident and I am so delighted with the video. I wish that I can help Emily with her struggles. I understand how difficult it is to suffer breast cancer, my Aunt suffer it too. I pray that Emily and her mother in law will be strong as they fight the battle for breast cancer.
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This is very inspiring…Everyone should know about this…
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Don’t you worry because a lot of people will donate for you…Just pray and be positive..
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Everything will be fine then as long as you believe and trust Him…
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We have to definitely share the beauty and we all want to help them too…
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