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Today was a banner day. May 5, 2010. 5 5 10. A banner day!

By 9:30 Hal and I were shedding tears of joy. With gratitude, in happiness, we smiled…shared.…and, oh so softly, we dripped….

Events occurring five hundred miles apart had two brothers (sixteen MONTHS apart), crying. And it was all good. You’d have thought you walked into the last twenty minutes of “Field Of Dreams.” Or a remake of “It’s A Wonderful Life.”

From the east word had come: Jamie and Eric welcomed Haley Brooke to the world. It’s amazing how something (someone) so small, so tender, can be such an emotional catalyst. (Fascinating. As a grandfather am I not younger?). I wonder what she’ll call me.

From the midwest MORE good news! Hal’s fundraising page, a non-
profit effort benefiting James Cancer Hospital’s research of cancer
in non-smokers, had gone over the top…reached its goal. Friends, family
and associates not only demonstrated their love but honored his
passion for the cause. To say my brother was moved is an
understatement. He was…literally…moved to tears.

It’s more than synchronicity. These events connect by matters other
than timing. Clearly, so clearly, it is cause and effect.

The cause of each is love; the effect of each is life.

And so… on the east coast, in a basinette, or changing table, or whatever it is they call it these days, little Haley awaits her first night’s sleep in a world full of future. And too, a few heartbeats down I-80, my brother (among others), is surrounded by family, friends and renewed hope for a world full of future. Yes, it’s been a banner day.

All you need is love.

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