For a Wonder Woman

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"The heart has no bones you say, so it won't break,

but the purpose of loving is the pounding it takes."

Josh Ritter.

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(found like a falling feather from my friend Melissa's facebook page)
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I may soon write an overdue personal post on this blog, but not now.
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Now I want to tell you about Tessa .
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Many of us know her, love her. She is a painter, a writer, a photographer, a humanitarian, always an African, an elegant beautiful woman with an eye and a paintbrush and heart so expansive there is no doubt, zero, about the privilege you feel just standing, walking beside her.
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She is also sick. Seriously so. She found the grace and courage to talk about that today.
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Through blogging I have finally learned that there are no limits to love and bonds and acceptance: they and we exist and thrive beyond countries and geographies and cultures and boundaries. It's true.
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But I did not know until my beloved friend and Senior Angel Renee died in March that these borderless bonds exist, and thrive, across the thin line between life and death. These are bonds that flow directly into your heart, into all you know, passionately, tenderly taking residence there, no matter what may come.
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How selfish that I cannot bare to think of one moment without Tessa gracing the planet I live on. .
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Please go to Tessa's blog today, tomorrow.
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http://aerialarmadillo.blogspot.com/
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Read her Stormy Weather post please, and let yourself witness grace and gravity wrapping its wings around you.
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And while you're there, please tell Tessa that her friend kj, and all of her universe, is root-toot-tooting for her. Tell her she will not be alone for a single moment. Tell her, in your own way, that somethings endure, forever. Tell her you appreciate knowing how much dreams and accomplishments and love really, truly matters.

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Tell her you know all these things, and you are grateful for it.
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Tessa gave me this calendar last Christmas. It is on my desk now, the best calendar I have ever had. Take a moment while you are visiting her to look at her paintings. Like Tessa herself, they are simply, totally exquisite.

Together Strong, dear friend. Here We Are.
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Thank you.
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Love
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kj