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</font><p class="yiv6392487538msonormal" style="margin: 1em 0in;"><span lang="EN" style="mso-ansi-language: EN;"><font size="3"><font face="Times New Roman"> <o:p></o:p></font></font></span></p><font face="Times New Roman" size="3">
</font><p class="yiv6392487538msonormal" style="margin: 1em 0in;"><span lang="EN" style="mso-ansi-language: EN;"><font size="3"><font face="Times New Roman"> <o:p></o:p></font></font></span></p><font face="Times New Roman" size="3">
</font><p class="yiv6392487538msonormal" style="margin: 1em 0in;"><font face="Times New Roman"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><u><span lang="EN" style="mso-ansi-language: EN;"><font size="3">To answer<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span></font><font size="3">your question.</font></span></u></b><span lang="EN" style="mso-ansi-language: EN;"><font size="3"> <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><u>I like the examples given at the
end.</u></b></font><font size="3">, </font><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><u><font size="3">so I would keep tthem.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></font></u></b></span></font></p><font face="Times New Roman" size="3">
</font><p class="yiv6392487538msonormal" style="margin: 1em 0in;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><u><span lang="EN" style="mso-ansi-language: EN;"><font size="3"><font face="Times New Roman">I think the piece is beautiful. <o:p></o:p></font></font></span></u></b></p><font face="Times New Roman" size="3">
</font><p class="yiv6392487538msonormal" style="margin: 1em 0in;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><u><span lang="EN" style="mso-ansi-language: EN;"><font size="3"><font face="Times New Roman">For me it also raised a lot of thoughts
which I have shared. <o:p></o:p></font></font></span></u></b></p><font face="Times New Roman" size="3">
</font><p class="yiv6392487538msonormal" style="margin: 1em 0in;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><u><span lang="EN" style="mso-ansi-language: EN;"><font face="Times New Roman"><font size="3">But none of it is a negative<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></font><font size="3">to the poem.</font><font size="3"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span><o:p></o:p></font></font></span></u></b></p><font face="Times New Roman" size="3">
</font><p class="yiv6392487538msonormal" style="margin: 1em 0in;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><u><span lang="EN" style="mso-ansi-language: EN;"><font size="3"><font face="Times New Roman">I would not suggest any changes. <o:p></o:p></font></font></span></u></b></p><font face="Times New Roman" size="3">
</font><p class="yiv6392487538msonormal" style="margin: 1em 0in;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><u><span lang="EN" style="mso-ansi-language: EN;"><font face="Times New Roman"><font size="3">I just let my comments mirror some of the thoughts<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></font><font size="3">I had while reading .<o:p></o:p></font></font></span></u></b></p><font face="Times New Roman" size="3">
</font><p align="center" class="yiv6392487538msonormal" style="margin: 1em 0in; text-align: center;"><font size="3"><font face="Times New Roman"><b><span lang="EN" style="mso-ansi-language: EN;">A Palette of Patience</span></b><span lang="EN" style="mso-ansi-language: EN;"><o:p></o:p></span></font></font></p><font face="Times New Roman" size="3">
</font><p align="center" class="yiv6392487538msonormal" style="margin: 1em 0in; text-align: center;"><span lang="EN" style="mso-ansi-language: EN;"><font size="3"><font face="Times New Roman"> <o:p></o:p></font></font></span></p><font face="Times New Roman" size="3">
</font><p align="center" class="yiv6392487538msonormal" style="margin: 1em 0in; text-align: center;"><span lang="EN" style="mso-ansi-language: EN;"><font size="3"><font face="Times New Roman">poem by Alice Jane-Marie Massa<o:p></o:p></font></font></span></p><font face="Times New Roman" size="3">
</font><p class="yiv6392487538msonormal" style="margin: 1em 0in;"><span lang="EN" style="mso-ansi-language: EN;"><font size="3"><font face="Times New Roman"> <o:p></o:p></font></font></span></p><font face="Times New Roman" size="3">
</font><p class="yiv6392487538msonormal" style="margin: 1em 0in;"><span lang="EN" style="mso-ansi-language: EN;"><font size="3"><font face="Times New Roman"> <o:p></o:p></font></font></span></p><font face="Times New Roman" size="3">
</font><p class="yiv6392487538msonormal" style="margin: 1em 0in;"><span lang="EN" style="mso-ansi-language: EN;"><font size="3"><font face="Times New Roman">With
an autumn leaf as a palette<o:p></o:p></font></font></span></p><font face="Times New Roman" size="3">
</font><p class="yiv6392487538msonormal" style="margin: 1em 0in;"><span lang="EN" style="mso-ansi-language: EN;"><font size="3"><font face="Times New Roman">and
a paintbrush crafted of <o:p></o:p></font></font></span></p><font face="Times New Roman" size="3">
</font><p class="yiv6392487538msonormal" style="margin: 1em 0in;"><span lang="EN" style="mso-ansi-language: EN;"><font size="3"><font face="Times New Roman">purple
chrysanthemums and lavender,<o:p></o:p></font></font></span></p><font face="Times New Roman" size="3">
</font><p class="yiv6392487538msonormal" style="margin: 1em 0in;"><span lang="EN" style="mso-ansi-language: EN;"><font size="3"><font face="Times New Roman">the
angel-in-waiting,<o:p></o:p></font></font></span></p><font face="Times New Roman" size="3">
</font><p class="yiv6392487538msonormal" style="margin: 1em 0in;"><span lang="EN" style="mso-ansi-language: EN;"><font size="3"><font face="Times New Roman">using
a technique of pointillism,<o:p></o:p></font></font></span></p><font face="Times New Roman" size="3">
</font><p class="yiv6392487538msonormal" style="margin: 1em 0in;"><span lang="EN" style="mso-ansi-language: EN;"><font size="3"><font face="Times New Roman">paints
dots of patience<o:p></o:p></font></font></span></p><font face="Times New Roman" size="3">
</font><p class="yiv6392487538msonormal" style="margin: 1em 0in;"><span lang="EN" style="mso-ansi-language: EN;"><font size="3"><font face="Times New Roman">onto
the wings of each butterfly.<o:p></o:p></font></font></span></p><font face="Times New Roman" size="3">
</font><p class="yiv6392487538msonormal" style="margin: 1em 0in;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><u><span lang="EN" style="mso-ansi-language: EN;"><font size="3"><font face="Times New Roman">It took millions of years for the
butterfly, crisanthimum , and leaves to evolve. <o:p></o:p></font></font></span></u></b></p><font face="Times New Roman" size="3">
</font><p class="yiv6392487538msonormal" style="margin: 1em 0in;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><u><span lang="EN" style="mso-ansi-language: EN;"><font size="3"><font face="Times New Roman">One might say that it must have taken a
lot of patience to do that.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></font></font></span></u></b></p><font face="Times New Roman" size="3">
</font><p class="yiv6392487538msonormal" style="margin: 1em 0in;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><u><span lang="EN" style="mso-ansi-language: EN;"><font size="3"><font face="Times New Roman">Waiting can be done in the ‘now.’ <o:p></o:p></font></font></span></u></b></p><font face="Times New Roman" size="3">
</font><p class="yiv6392487538msonormal" style="margin: 1em 0in;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><u><span lang="EN" style="mso-ansi-language: EN;"><font size="3"><font face="Times New Roman">By living in the present moment of
becoming, patience is cause and effect.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span><o:p></o:p></font></font></span></u></b></p><font face="Times New Roman" size="3">
</font><p class="yiv6392487538msonormal" style="margin: 1em 0in;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><u><span lang="EN" style="mso-ansi-language: EN;"><font size="3"><font face="Times New Roman">I remember one of your poems in which you
say a poem is never done.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></font></font></span></u></b></p><font face="Times New Roman" size="3">
</font><p class="yiv6392487538msonormal" style="margin: 1em 0in;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><u><span lang="EN" style="mso-ansi-language: EN;"><font face="Times New Roman"><font size="3">When we take the time to experience<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></font><font size="3">a butterfly or flower, it is as though it is
a finished piece of work. <o:p></o:p></font></font></span></u></b></p><font face="Times New Roman" size="3">
</font><p class="yiv6392487538msonormal" style="margin: 1em 0in;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><u><span lang="EN" style="mso-ansi-language: EN;"><font size="3"><font face="Times New Roman">But the process of becoming never stops. <o:p></o:p></font></font></span></u></b></p><font face="Times New Roman" size="3">
</font><p class="yiv6392487538msonormal" style="margin: 1em 0in;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><u><span lang="EN" style="mso-ansi-language: EN;"><font face="Times New Roman"><font size="3">Part of patience may be<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></font><font size="3">to stop and revel in</font><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"><font size="3"> </font></span><font size="3">the experience of process and where It is at
the moment. <o:p></o:p></font></font></span></u></b></p><font face="Times New Roman" size="3">
</font><p class="yiv6392487538msonormal" style="margin: 1em 0in;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><u><span lang="EN" style="mso-ansi-language: EN;"><font size="3"><font face="Times New Roman">I wonder what the buttefly will look like
a thousand years from now. <o:p></o:p></font></font></span></u></b></p><font face="Times New Roman" size="3">
</font><p class="yiv6392487538msonormal" style="margin: 1em 0in;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><u><span lang="EN" style="mso-ansi-language: EN;"><font size="3"><font face="Times New Roman">I look frward to finding out, <o:p></o:p></font></font></span></u></b></p><font face="Times New Roman" size="3">
</font><p class="yiv6392487538msonormal" style="margin: 1em 0in;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><u><span lang="EN" style="mso-ansi-language: EN;"><font size="3"><font face="Times New Roman">even If it means that the butterfly is no
longer physically in this realm and demension. <o:p></o:p></font></font></span></u></b></p><font face="Times New Roman" size="3">
</font><p class="yiv6392487538msonormal" style="margin: 1em 0in;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><u><span lang="EN" style="mso-ansi-language: EN;"><o:p><span style="text-decoration: none;"><font face="Times New Roman" size="3"> </font></span></o:p></span></u></b></p><font face="Times New Roman" size="3">
</font><p class="yiv6392487538msonormal" style="margin: 1em 0in;"><span lang="EN" style="mso-ansi-language: EN;"><font size="3"><font face="Times New Roman"> <o:p></o:p></font></font></span></p><font face="Times New Roman" size="3">
</font><p class="yiv6392487538msonormal" style="margin: 1em 0in;"><span lang="EN" style="mso-ansi-language: EN;"><font size="3"><font face="Times New Roman">When
a group of angels-in-waiting<o:p></o:p></font></font></span></p><font face="Times New Roman" size="3">
</font><p class="yiv6392487538msonormal" style="margin: 1em 0in;"><span lang="EN" style="mso-ansi-language: EN;"><font size="3"><font face="Times New Roman">are
ready to celebrate their graduation,<o:p></o:p></font></font></span></p><font face="Times New Roman" size="3">
</font><p class="yiv6392487538msonormal" style="margin: 1em 0in;"><span lang="EN" style="mso-ansi-language: EN;"><o:p><font face="Times New Roman" size="3"> </font></o:p></span></p><font face="Times New Roman" size="3">
</font><p class="yiv6392487538msonormal" style="margin: 1em 0in;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><u><span lang="EN" style="mso-ansi-language: EN;"><font face="Times New Roman"><font size="3">I didn’t know what an angel in waiting
was, so I listened to the song.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></font><font size="3">The song
is as interpretable as your poem.</font><font size="3"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></font></font></span></u></b></p><font face="Times New Roman" size="3">
</font><p class="yiv6392487538msonormal" style="margin: 1em 0in;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><u><span lang="EN" style="mso-ansi-language: EN;"><font size="3"><font face="Times New Roman">I would like your understanding of what an
angel in waiting is.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></font></font></span></u></b></p><font face="Times New Roman" size="3">
</font><p class="yiv6392487538msonormal" style="margin: 1em 0in;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><u><span lang="EN" style="mso-ansi-language: EN;"><font size="3"><font face="Times New Roman">Also, what does graduation mean?<o:p></o:p></font></font></span></u></b></p><font face="Times New Roman" size="3">
</font><p class="yiv6392487538msonormal" style="margin: 1em 0in;"><span lang="EN" style="mso-ansi-language: EN;"><font size="3"><font face="Times New Roman">they
release a flutter of butterflies<o:p></o:p></font></font></span></p><font face="Times New Roman" size="3">
</font><p class="yiv6392487538msonormal" style="margin: 1em 0in;"><span lang="EN" style="mso-ansi-language: EN;"><font size="3"><font face="Times New Roman">to
migrate to Earth.<o:p></o:p></font></font></span></p><font face="Times New Roman" size="3">
</font><p class="yiv6392487538msonormal" style="margin: 1em 0in;"><span lang="EN" style="mso-ansi-language: EN;"><font face="Times New Roman"><font size="3"> </font><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><u><font size="3">I love<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span></font><font size="3">this concept. <o:p></o:p></font></u></b></font></span></p><font face="Times New Roman" size="3">
</font><p class="yiv6392487538msonormal" style="margin: 1em 0in;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><u><span lang="EN" style="mso-ansi-language: EN;"><font size="3"><font face="Times New Roman">Simple language cannot convey the essence
of what your poetic lines have done. <o:p></o:p></font></font></span></u></b></p><font face="Times New Roman" size="3">
</font><p class="yiv6392487538msonormal" style="margin: 1em 0in;"><span lang="EN" style="mso-ansi-language: EN;"><font size="3"><font face="Times New Roman">Waiting
in line, ...<o:p></o:p></font></font></span></p><font face="Times New Roman" size="3">
</font><p class="yiv6392487538msonormal" style="margin: 1em 0in;"><span lang="EN" style="mso-ansi-language: EN;"><font size="3"><font face="Times New Roman">Waiting
for a bus, ...<o:p></o:p></font></font></span></p><font face="Times New Roman" size="3">
</font><p class="yiv6392487538msonormal" style="margin: 1em 0in;"><span lang="EN" style="mso-ansi-language: EN;"><font size="3"><font face="Times New Roman">Waiting
for a cab, ...<o:p></o:p></font></font></span></p><font face="Times New Roman" size="3">
</font><p class="yiv6392487538msonormal" style="margin: 1em 0in;"><span lang="EN" style="mso-ansi-language: EN;"><font size="3"><font face="Times New Roman">Waiting
for an arrival, ...<o:p></o:p></font></font></span></p><font face="Times New Roman" size="3">
</font><p class="yiv6392487538msonormal" style="margin: 1em 0in;"><span lang="EN" style="mso-ansi-language: EN;"><font size="3"><font face="Times New Roman">Waiting
for paint to dry, ...<o:p></o:p></font></font></span></p><font face="Times New Roman" size="3">
</font><p class="yiv6392487538msonormal" style="margin: 1em 0in;"><span lang="EN" style="mso-ansi-language: EN;"><font size="3"><font face="Times New Roman">Waiting
at a doctor's office, ...<o:p></o:p></font></font></span></p><font face="Times New Roman" size="3">
</font><p class="yiv6392487538msonormal" style="margin: 1em 0in;"><span lang="EN" style="mso-ansi-language: EN;"><font size="3"><font face="Times New Roman">Waiting
for the dough to rise, ...<o:p></o:p></font></font></span></p><font face="Times New Roman" size="3">
</font><p class="yiv6392487538msonormal" style="margin: 1em 0in;"><span lang="EN" style="mso-ansi-language: EN;"><font size="3"><font face="Times New Roman">Waiting
for a job offer, ...<o:p></o:p></font></font></span></p><font face="Times New Roman" size="3">
</font><p class="yiv6392487538msonormal" style="margin: 1em 0in;"><span lang="EN" style="mso-ansi-language: EN;"><font size="3"><font face="Times New Roman">Waiting
for the light to turn green, ...<o:p></o:p></font></font></span></p><font face="Times New Roman" size="3">
</font><p class="yiv6392487538msonormal" style="margin: 1em 0in;"><span lang="EN" style="mso-ansi-language: EN;"><font size="3"><font face="Times New Roman">Waiting
for the rain to stop, ...<o:p></o:p></font></font></span></p><font face="Times New Roman" size="3">
</font><p class="yiv6392487538msonormal" style="margin: 1em 0in;"><span lang="EN" style="mso-ansi-language: EN;"><font size="3"><font face="Times New Roman">Waiting
for a call, ...<o:p></o:p></font></font></span></p><font face="Times New Roman" size="3">
</font><p class="yiv6392487538msonormal" style="margin: 1em 0in;"><span lang="EN" style="mso-ansi-language: EN;"><font size="3"><font face="Times New Roman">Waiting
for the repair person, ...<o:p></o:p></font></font></span></p><font face="Times New Roman" size="3">
</font><p class="yiv6392487538msonormal" style="margin: 1em 0in;"><span lang="EN" style="mso-ansi-language: EN;"><font size="3"><font face="Times New Roman">Waiting
for spring, ...<o:p></o:p></font></font></span></p><font face="Times New Roman" size="3">
</font><p class="yiv6392487538msonormal" style="margin: 1em 0in;"><span lang="EN" style="mso-ansi-language: EN;"><font size="3"><font face="Times New Roman"> <o:p></o:p></font></font></span></p><font face="Times New Roman" size="3">
</font><p class="yiv6392487538msonormal" style="margin: 1em 0in;"><span lang="EN" style="mso-ansi-language: EN;"><font size="3"><font face="Times New Roman">Did
you plant some butterfly bushes?<o:p></o:p></font></font></span></p><font face="Times New Roman" size="3">
</font><p class="yiv6392487538msonormal" style="margin: 1em 0in;"><span lang="EN" style="mso-ansi-language: EN;"><font size="3"><font face="Times New Roman">When
the butterfly took a flight path<o:p></o:p></font></font></span></p><font face="Times New Roman" size="3">
</font><p class="yiv6392487538msonormal" style="margin: 1em 0in;"><span lang="EN" style="mso-ansi-language: EN;"><font size="3"><font face="Times New Roman">around
you,<o:p></o:p></font></font></span></p><font face="Times New Roman" size="3">
</font><p class="yiv6392487538msonormal" style="margin: 1em 0in;"><span lang="EN" style="mso-ansi-language: EN;"><font size="3"><font face="Times New Roman">did
you not catch a little patience<o:p></o:p></font></font></span></p><font face="Times New Roman" size="3">
</font><p class="yiv6392487538msonormal" style="margin: 1em 0in;"><span lang="EN" style="mso-ansi-language: EN;"><font size="3"><font face="Times New Roman">as
it floated off the delicate wings<o:p></o:p></font></font></span></p><font face="Times New Roman" size="3">
</font><p class="yiv6392487538msonormal" style="margin: 1em 0in;"><span lang="EN" style="mso-ansi-language: EN;"><font size="3"><font face="Times New Roman">of
the heavenly butterfly?<o:p></o:p></font></font></span></p><font face="Times New Roman" size="3">
</font><p class="yiv6392487538msonormal" style="margin: 1em 0in;"><span lang="EN" style="mso-ansi-language: EN;"><font size="3"><font face="Times New Roman">No
catcher's mitt,<o:p></o:p></font></font></span></p><font face="Times New Roman" size="3">
</font><p class="yiv6392487538msonormal" style="margin: 1em 0in;"><span lang="EN" style="mso-ansi-language: EN;"><font size="3"><font face="Times New Roman">no
butterfly net required:<o:p></o:p></font></font></span></p><font face="Times New Roman" size="3">
</font><p class="yiv6392487538msonormal" style="margin: 1em 0in;"><span lang="EN" style="mso-ansi-language: EN;"><font size="3"><font face="Times New Roman">just
open your hands,<o:p></o:p></font></font></span></p><font face="Times New Roman" size="3">
</font><p class="yiv6392487538msonormal" style="margin: 1em 0in;"><span lang="EN" style="mso-ansi-language: EN;"><font size="3"><font face="Times New Roman">and
the patience will absorb into<o:p></o:p></font></font></span></p><font face="Times New Roman" size="3">
</font><p class="yiv6392487538msonormal" style="margin: 1em 0in;"><span lang="EN" style="mso-ansi-language: EN;"><font size="3"><font face="Times New Roman">a
waiting heart.<o:p></o:p></font></font></span></p><font face="Times New Roman" size="3">
</font><p class="yiv6392487538msonormal" style="margin: 1em 0in;"><span lang="EN" style="mso-ansi-language: EN;"><font size="3"><font face="Times New Roman"> <o:p></o:p></font></font></span></p><font face="Times New Roman" size="3">
</font><p class="yiv6392487538msonormal" style="margin: 1em 0in;"><span lang="EN" style="mso-ansi-language: EN;"><font size="3"><font face="Times New Roman">* *
*<o:p></o:p></font></font></span></p><font face="Times New Roman" size="3">
</font><p class="yiv6392487538msonormal" style="margin: 1em 0in;"><span lang="EN" style="mso-ansi-language: EN;"><font size="3"><font face="Times New Roman"> <o:p></o:p></font></font></span></p><font face="Times New Roman" size="3">
</font><p class="yiv6392487538msonormal" style="margin: 1em 0in;"><span lang="EN" style="mso-ansi-language: EN;"><font size="3"><font face="Times New Roman">One
day, I remembered this story<o:p></o:p></font></font></span></p><font face="Times New Roman" size="3">
</font><p class="yiv6392487538msonormal" style="margin: 1em 0in;"><span lang="EN" style="mso-ansi-language: EN;"><font size="3"><font face="Times New Roman">when
my Leader Dog and I were walking east toward the lake.<o:p></o:p></font></font></span></p><font face="Times New Roman" size="3">
</font><p class="yiv6392487538msonormal" style="margin: 1em 0in;"><span lang="EN" style="mso-ansi-language: EN;"><font size="3"><font face="Times New Roman">A
lady stopped me and had to tell me:<o:p></o:p></font></font></span></p><font face="Times New Roman" size="3">
</font><p class="yiv6392487538msonormal" style="margin: 1em 0in;"><span lang="EN" style="mso-ansi-language: EN;"><font size="3"><font face="Times New Roman">"I
have been watching you and your guide dog.<o:p></o:p></font></font></span></p><font face="Times New Roman" size="3">
</font><p class="yiv6392487538msonormal" style="margin: 1em 0in;"><span lang="EN" style="mso-ansi-language: EN;"><font size="3"><font face="Times New Roman">Four
butterflies have been flying around her.<o:p></o:p></font></font></span></p><font face="Times New Roman" size="3">
</font><p class="yiv6392487538msonormal" style="margin: 1em 0in;"><span lang="EN" style="mso-ansi-language: EN;"><font size="3"><font face="Times New Roman">I
think one even landed on her,<o:p></o:p></font></font></span></p><font face="Times New Roman" size="3">
</font><p class="yiv6392487538msonormal" style="margin: 1em 0in;"><span lang="EN" style="mso-ansi-language: EN;"><font size="3"><font face="Times New Roman">but
she kept concentrating on her work."<o:p></o:p></font></font></span></p><font face="Times New Roman" size="3">
</font><p class="yiv6392487538msonormal" style="margin: 1em 0in;"><span lang="EN" style="mso-ansi-language: EN;"><font size="3"><font face="Times New Roman">I
just smiled and thanked the pedestrian.<o:p></o:p></font></font></span></p><font face="Times New Roman" size="3">
</font><p class="yiv6392487538msonormal" style="margin: 1em 0in;"><span lang="EN" style="mso-ansi-language: EN;"><font size="3"><font face="Times New Roman">Then,
I knew why I have<o:p></o:p></font></font></span></p><font face="Times New Roman" size="3">
</font><p class="yiv6392487538msonormal" style="margin: 1em 0in;"><span lang="EN" style="mso-ansi-language: EN;"><font size="3"><font face="Times New Roman">a
British Black Lab--<o:p></o:p></font></font></span></p><font face="Times New Roman" size="3">
</font><p class="yiv6392487538msonormal" style="margin: 1em 0in;"><span lang="EN" style="mso-ansi-language: EN;"><font size="3"><font face="Times New Roman">Leader
Dog <st1:city w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">Willow--</st1:place></st1:city><o:p></o:p></font></font></span></p><font face="Times New Roman" size="3">
</font><p class="yiv6392487538msonormal" style="margin: 1em 0in;"><span lang="EN" style="mso-ansi-language: EN;"><font size="3"><font face="Times New Roman">who
is blessed <o:p></o:p></font></font></span></p><font face="Times New Roman" size="3">
</font><p class="yiv6392487538msonormal" style="margin: 1em 0in;"><span lang="EN" style="mso-ansi-language: EN;"><font size="3"><font face="Times New Roman">with
a heavenly patience.<o:p></o:p></font></font></span></p><font face="Times New Roman" size="3">
</font><p class="yiv6392487538msonormal" style="margin: 1em 0in;"><span lang="EN" style="mso-ansi-language: EN;"><font size="3"><font face="Times New Roman"> <o:p></o:p></font></font></span></p><font face="Times New Roman" size="3">
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