wonder
I wonder if I should even continue on with this “word of
the week” exercise. I wonder if anyone
reads them. I wonder if I’m “doing this
right.” I wonder what the point is. I wonder wonder wonder….
I wonder and I think of the word ponder…and I wonder and
ponder how two words can be spelled exactly the same except for the first
letter and yet sound so differently. Which
kind of brings to mind the fact that my siblings and I are so similar, yet so
different. Sometimes I wonder how 4
people could be raised by the same parents, in the same house, on the same
street, go to the same school and yet turn out to be 4 very distinct individuals.
But then again, when I really consider my 2 amazing
brothers and my incredibly special sister, I think we’re pretty much like “wonder
and ponder” – pretty much the same except for our first letters and the way we
sound. I kind of think we’re 5/6’s the
same….5/6’s of our core is the same – we all share common values and virtues…at
our core we each care very much for the world and the people in it. Each of us are living lives of service in some
way or another. There’s 1/6 that’s
different….very different – but that’s what makes our siblinghood all the more
special (and what makes the political conversations so fun to listen to).
I wonder why God chose to give me 3 siblings that love
and care about me so much (and who are all around awesome people).
