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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=EN-US link="#0563C1" vlink="#954F72"><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal>Ericka,<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>OMG, that must be bananas. Thanks for your dedication and hardwork, firstly. Anyone working in the health system is a hero right now. From staff working directly with patients to those in admin to those in service and everything in between. Take what time you can to rest and recharge.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Bridgit<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><div><div style='border:none;border-top:solid #E1E1E1 1.0pt;padding:3.0pt 0in 0in 0in'><p class=MsoNormal><b>From:</b> Stylist <stylist-bounces@nfbnet.org> <b>On Behalf Of </b>Ericka via Stylist<br><b>Sent:</b> Monday, April 13, 2020 2:22 PM<br><b>To:</b> Writers' Division Mailing List <stylist@nfbnet.org><br><b>Cc:</b> Ericka <dotwriter1@gmail.com><br><b>Subject:</b> Re: [Stylist] A message of Inspiration<o:p></o:p></p></div></div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:12.0pt'>Very nice. I too wish that I could stay home and rekindle myself I work in the healthcare industry and cannot do so. I only get these past two weeks off because they’re not taking any chances. An allergy headache that wouldn’t go away and cough got me two weeks of Quarantine. I dream about my residence every day! I can’t wait to go back on Monday. I suppose I could try and write a few poems while I have time. If I do, I’ll post them here.<o:p></o:p></p><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:35.5pt;font-family:"UICTFontTextStyleBody",serif;color:#454545'>Ericka Nelson</span><o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><br><br><o:p></o:p></p><blockquote style='margin-top:5.0pt;margin-bottom:5.0pt'><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:12.0pt'>On Apr 13, 2020, at 1:00 PM, Jackie via Stylist <stylist@nfbnet.org> wrote:<o:p></o:p></p></blockquote></div><blockquote style='margin-top:5.0pt;margin-bottom:5.0pt'><div><p class=MsoNormal>I wish I had written this. I was sent this by a cousin in Minneapolis. It<br>makes me want to go back to poetry. I hope it will inspire all of you.<br><br>AND THE PEOPLE STAYED HOME<br>AND READ BOOKS, AND LISTENED, AND<br>RESTED AND EXERCISED, AND MADE ART<br>AND PLAYED GAMES, AND LEARNED NEW<br>WAYS OF BEING, AND WERE STILL, AND<br>LISTENED MORE DEEPLY. SOME<br>MEDITATED, SOME PRAYED, SOME <br>DANCED, SOME MET THEIR SHADOW.<br>AND THE PEOPLE BEGAN TO THINK DIFFERENTLY<br>AND THE PEOPLE HEALED<br>AND IN THE ABSENSE OF PEOPLE LIVING<br>IN IGNORANT, DANGEROUS, MINDLESS <br>AND HEARTLESS WAYS,<br>THE EARTH BEGAN TO HEAL.<br>AND WHEN THE DANGER PASSED,<br>AND THE PEOPLE JOINED TOGETHER AGAIN<br>THEY GRIEVED THEIR LOSSES, AND MADE<br>NEW CHOICES, AND DREAMED NEW<br>IMAGES AND CREATED NEW WAYS TO LIVE<br>AND HEAL THE EARTH FULLY,<br>AS THEY HAD BEEN HEALED.<br><br>Jacqueline Williams<br><br>Clarity is just questioning having eaten its fill.<br> Jenny Xie<br><br><br><br><br>_______________________________________________<br>Writers Division web site<br>http://writers.nfb.org/<br>Stylist mailing list<br>Stylist@nfbnet.org<br>http://nfbnet.org/mailman/listinfo/stylist_nfbnet.org<br>To unsubscribe, change your list options or get your account info for Stylist:<br>http://nfbnet.org/mailman/options/stylist_nfbnet.org/dotwriter1%40gmail.com<o:p></o:p></p></div></blockquote></div></body></html>