grace is not from me

how easily my kids accept

whoever wishes to join us at table

as though all little old ladies and men

were still respected human beings

although the rest of the world

seems not to believe that

how did they grow to be such

gracious persons?

MaryJane Nordgren

Author of the Nandria Series, MaryJane is a retired family practice physician who grew up in the Midwest but now lives in the Pacific Northwest.

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