We are celebrating the WNBA Champion Golden State Valkyries here in San Francisco, following a festive Halloween Saturday. Sports abound on the TV in my household, with a few football games today and even a hockey game. Brigid and I squeezing in a bike ride in between games on this beautiful Sunday. I hope you enjoy the poems and the 60 Minutes episode – great reading and storytelling to promote the beauty of the arts and the power of a reflective perspective..the poems are from a podcast I listened to during a beautiful walk I took this week in Golden Gate Park. Enjoy and blessings on your week ahead!

Everyday Grace

By Stella Nesanovich

It can happen like that:

meeting at the market,

buying tires amid the smell

of rubber, the grating sound

of jack hammers and drills,

anywhere we share stories,

and grace flows between us.

The tire center waiting room

becomes a healing place

as one speaks of her husband’s

heart valve replacement, bedsores

from complications. A man

speaks of multiple surgeries,

notes his false appearance

as strong and healthy.

I share my sister’s death

from breast cancer, her

youngest only seven.

A woman rises, gives

her name, Mrs. Henry,

then takes my hand.

Suddenly an ordinary day

becomes holy ground.