To have some grace. What is grace? I grew up with the word. When I let my gut define it, I feel that grace is an openness, a softness, a kindness. Something merciful. There’s another good word. Dictionaries use the word “unmerited” to describe the definition that is concerned with grace as divine assistance. That word makes me pause, because it takes “grace” to another level. Unmerited. To me, that speaks of reaching more deeply even into whatever resources I may have had and not had. I did my human best. But it was lacking. I knew that. I like to think sleep would have helped, that it was
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