Blueberry Stories – v4

A moment of sheer panic

of a loss, unexpected,

assuaged by the promise

the assertion, the utterance

Oh, she’ll come back,

with “Blueberry Stories”

to share with us

And she will, she told me,

in hearing this story, this tale

of four-year-old fears

of losing their Pastor Lori

in the wilds of the Downeast

the wilds of northern Maine

miles away from us

The departing of the mission trip

now only a day away from this moment

needing the assurance

of her faithful return

to still the trembling lip,

the welling up of her eyes,

on that urgent morning many years gone by.

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edited October 3, 2015

Blueberry Stories – v4

(editing version 2)

Edited December 24, 2013

Blueberry Stories – v3

http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2013/12/blueberry-stories-v3.html

(editing original again)

Edited May 4, 2013

Blueberry Stories – v2”

http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2013/05/blueberry-stories-v2.html

August 12, 2006 15:03

“Blueberry Stories”

http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2006/08/blueberry-stories.html

On the panic of our then 4 year old,

Shanequa, in the narthex of our church

the prospect of not seeing the Associate Pastor,

her beloved Pastor Lori,

for the week of the multi-generational

mission trip to be with the migrant workers

in Downeast Maine, for the blueberry harvest

from Wesley United Methodist Church,

Concord, NH and from First United Methodist Church,

Hudson, MA to Jacksonville and Machias, ME

to the Down East Maine Mission,

Jacksonville United Methodist Campground,

East Machias, ME

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