Last week
Lisa, a friend of mine, walked into a hospital gift shop with me. She
made a beeline directly to a set of four pillows titled "Its a Wonderful
Life", "You are My Sunshine", "Home is where the Heart
Is", and there is "No Place Like Home." She picked up the
"It's a Wonderful Life" pillow and hugged it close to her chest for
what seemed like an eternity. She didn't want to let go. Finally,
she put it back on the shelf and said "maybe I will come back for it
later." Her husband is an engineer who is not crazy about decorating
with pillows. The next day she was still talking about how much she loved
that pillow. Lisa is in her second marriage and I can clearly see how
much her new husband adores her and her three children when they are together.
Even though she didn't "possess" the pillow, she felt her life
with her new husband was wonderful. Lisa has a special light of love and
kindness about her.
A pillow
symbolizes dreams and I loved the messages on pillows in the gift shop too.
All the words held a special meaning for me when I saw them and it is
what I longed to experience last week in person. My dream is to write
about symbolism and synchronicity as reflected in God's grace at work in the
world and to have a family. Like Lisa, I can't let go of my dreams and I
know these pillows are God's grace at work in the world even when my dreams are
put back on the shelf.
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