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Recently I\u2019ve found myself slowin\u2019 down a bit, lagging behind on family walks, as my older eyes search to spy that special little clover, so different from the flourishing community around her. \u00a0I must look an odd sight in all my loosening skin, hopes and disappointments, straggling along the city sidewalk exploring the weeds for wonder.<\/p>\n

And this evening, there she was, an aberration of creation \u2013 but created no less \u2013 standing without fear, not a shush of shyness, not a whisper of worry about her, just steps from my front door.<\/p>\n

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