A normal day! Holding it in my hand this one last moment, I have come to see it as more than and ordinary rock. It is a gem, a jewel. In time of war, in peril of death, people have dug their hands into the earth and remembered this. In time of sickness and pain, people have buried their faces in pillows and wept for this. In time of loneliness and separation, people have stretched themselves taut and waited for this. In time of hunger, homelessness, want, people have raised bony hands to the skies and stayed alive for this.
Normal day, let me be aware of the treasure you are. Let me not pass you by in quest of some rare and perfect tomorrow. Let me hold you while I may, for it will not always be so. One day, I may dig my nails in the earth, or bury my face in the pillow, or stretch myself taut, or raise my hands to the sky and want more than all the world--your return. And then I will know what now I am guessing: that you are, indeed, a common rock and not a jewel, but that a common rock made of the very mass substance of the earth in all its strength and plenty puts a gem to shame.
The day is over, and now I will sleep.
Jean Spendlove has written: 'Saint Mary Magdalen, Helmdon'
The letter 'a'.
Lorna Jean Brooks Hagstrom has written: 'The lineage of Loney Hortel Brooks and Mary Jane Elizabeth Lewis' -- subject(s): Family 'The Brooks of Berrien County' -- subject(s): Genealogy
Thomas, Antonio,Donald, James Earl, James, Mary, Clema Jean (deceased), Delois(deceased), Gregory, Avery, Robert
Mary Jean Cornish has written: 'Doctors and family planning' -- subject- s -: Birth control
Mary Jean Traetta was born in 1948.
Jean Mary Sandel was born in 1916.
Jean Mary Sandel died in 1974.
Mary Jean McAdams is 5' 9".
Mary Jean Stone died in 1908.
Mary Jean Stone was born in 1853.
Mary Jean Eisenhower was born in 1955.
Mary Jean McAdams goes by MJ.
Mary Jean Reimer was born on 1964-05-22.
Mary Jean Carmel Cavanaugh has written: 'Technogamia'
Ida Mary Jean Brown has written: 'Leadership in secondary schools'
Jean Cantinat has written: 'Mary in the Bible'