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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1F497D">Thank you, Shawn, for this holiday thought.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1F497D"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1F497D">Debbie<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b>From:</b> MD-Sligo <md-sligo-bounces@nfbnet.org> <b>On Behalf Of
</b>Henry Osborne via MD-Sligo<br>
<b>Sent:</b> Tuesday, December 18, 2018 11:58 AM<br>
<b>To:</b> Sligo Creek Chapter list, NFB of Maryland <md-sligo@nfbnet.org><br>
<b>Cc:</b> Henry Osborne <hosbornejr@gmail.com><br>
<b>Subject:</b> Re: [Md-sligo] Something for the season<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black">Thank you for sharing this with us Sean.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black">I just want to add one more thought. And, that is to let _Our own _Lights shine brightly not only during this Special Season, but, all year long.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black">God Bless and Merry Christmas!<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black">Henry, Terry P and Sophie<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:whitesmoke"><b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma",sans-serif;color:black">From:</span></b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma",sans-serif;color:black">
<a href="mailto:md-sligo@nfbnet.org" title="md-sligo@nfbnet.org">Jacobson, Shawn D via MD-Sligo</a>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:whitesmoke"><b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma",sans-serif;color:black">Sent:</span></b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma",sans-serif;color:black"> Tuesday, December 18, 2018 11:03 AM<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<a href="mailto:stylist@nfbnet.org" title="stylist@nfbnet.org">Writers' Division Mailing List</a> ;
<a href="mailto:md-sligo@nfbnet.org" title="md-sligo@nfbnet.org">mailto:md-sligo@nfbnet.org</a> ;
<a href="mailto:nripley22@gmail.com" title="nripley22@gmail.com">NanRipley</a> ; <a href="mailto:falloutwest@comcast.net" title="falloutwest@comcast.net">
mailto:falloutwest@comcast.net</a> ; <a href="mailto:zjacobs@mdmercy.com" title="zjacobs@mdmercy.com">
Jacobson, Zebe</a> ; <a href="mailto:srj1784@aol.com" title="srj1784@aol.com">srj1784@aol.com</a>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:whitesmoke"><b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma",sans-serif;color:black">Cc:</span></b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma",sans-serif;color:black">
<a href="mailto:Shawn.D.Jacobson@hud.gov" title="Shawn.D.Jacobson@hud.gov">Jacobson, Shawn D</a>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:whitesmoke"><b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma",sans-serif;color:black">Subject:</span></b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma",sans-serif;color:black"> Re: [Md-sligo] Something for the
season<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:black">Bridgit<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:black"> <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:black">I changed the line which had some mistakes.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:black">Shawn<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color:black">From:</span></b><span style="color:black"> Jacobson, Shawn D
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<b>Sent:</b> Tuesday, December 18, 2018 10:33 AM<br>
<b>To:</b> 'Writers' Division Mailing List' <<a href="mailto:stylist@nfbnet.org">stylist@nfbnet.org</a>>; Sligo Creek Chapter list, NFB of Maryland (<a href="mailto:md-sligo@nfbnet.org">md-sligo@nfbnet.org</a>) <<a href="mailto:md-sligo@nfbnet.org">md-sligo@nfbnet.org</a>>;
'Nan Ripley' <<a href="mailto:nripley22@gmail.com">nripley22@gmail.com</a>>; falloutwest (<a href="mailto:falloutwest@comcast.net">falloutwest@comcast.net</a>) <<a href="mailto:falloutwest@comcast.net">falloutwest@comcast.net</a>>; 'Jacobson, Zebe' <<a href="mailto:zjacobs@mdmercy.com">zjacobs@mdmercy.com</a>>;
'srj1784@aol.com' <<a href="mailto:srj1784@aol.com">srj1784@aol.com</a>><br>
<b>Subject:</b> Something for the season<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:black">Below is my attempt at a seasonal poem.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:black"> <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:black">Shawn<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:black"> <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:black">Angel Light<br>
by Shawn Jacobson<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:black"> <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:black">In my house today<br>
surrounded by seasons lights<br>
I am lifted up.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:black">The angel on my tree with white halo shines.<br>
Her blue companion glows bluely from the end-table.<br>
On my bookcase, an angelic host lend their colors,<br>
green, cardinal, and gold they shine out strongly.<br>
With the lesser lights they claim this place<br>
for color against the leaden season,<br>
an oasis of multicolored brightness<br>
on this grinding gray day.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:black">Once in deep and misty time,<br>
when history and legend intertwined,<br>
shepherds saw strange lights in the sky<br>
a great angelic host, a star brighter than others.<br>
The choir proclaimed a light beyond nature,<br>
that would break through the leaden world,<br>
with color that would be our salvation<br>
from the grinding grayness of our lives.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:black"> <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:black">And through the ages color has broken through,<br>
great hymns and master works of are,<br>
writers with gifts of wonder and imagination,<br>
and prophets calling us to change the world,<br>
so that it would be a citadel of light and beauty<br>
against the leaden spirits that assail us,<br>
with the grinding grayness of their beings.<br>
Against such, we need the salvation of light and life.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:black">Lights of the season<br>
are an arrow pointing us<br>
to a greater light.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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