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Since 1998 I've been sending out these reflections first thing each
week--one or more quotes plus my thoughts about the intersections and
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Quote #1215 - Wednesday's Child
08 Dec, 2025
"Wednesday's child is full of woe.
Thursday's child has far to go."
Mother Goose
"I give this to take with you: Nothing remains as it was. If you know this, you can begin again ... "
Judith Minty
LETTERS TO MY DAUGHTERS
"The saving grace, Rosalie thought, is that not all pains and not all worries are permanent.... How else could a parent, or anyone, go on living courageously?"
Yiyun Lee
WEDNESDAY'S CHILD
Both my children were born on a Wednesday.
So now both my daughters
are Wednesday's children.
I'm thinking about that on this Wednesday,
with a free minute in a bare new apartment,
finishing the Monday Morning Quote
that could not be finished on Monday with
so much frantic sorting, packing, and moving prep going on.
Now I just wait for the stuff to arrive
(stuff being so much of so much value--
places to sit and lay and work,
things to do in those places--
tasks, lessons, fancies, memories--
all the stuff of making a life.)
Of course, full of woe means greater depth,
greater awareness and
empathy.
Full of woe means
challenges to meet,
mountains to climb,
finding joy in odd, small places,
finding meaning in dark times.
And we've certainly got dark times,
and many challenges.
Thinking about all that on this Wednesday.
Thinking that full of woe can be a great life.
Wednesday builds resilience
so you can walk the miles of Thursday.
On to Thursday.
We still have far to go.
Shellen Lubin
December 8-10, 2025
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