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Janette

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since 2001-07-20

Posts 2843
Chicagoland for now

0 posted 2003-07-13 12:43 PM

melanin

my alabaster white hand
supports his golden brown
such a difference in shades
but the same basic structure
just one has more melanin
a different genetic code

yet I can read the faces
of strangers that stop and look
knowing their curious thoughts
Ahhhhh ... see that nice lady there
adopting a foreign child
or hmmmm ... how old is that Mom

But none of that bothers me
for like the sweet childhood song
"red and yellow black and white
they are precious in His sight"
being the Mom and Grandma
of a rainbow family
suits me just fine

Janette

Midnitesun

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since 2001-05-18

Posts 28647
Gaia

1 posted 2003-07-13 01:10 PM

BRAVO! I love this message.

thank you for sharing your rainbow of love

nakdthoughts
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since 2000-10-29

Posts 19200
Between the Lines

2 posted 2003-07-13 01:11 PM

a wonderful poem
*s
M

Enchantress
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since 2001-08-14

Posts 35113
Canada eh.

3 posted 2003-07-13 01:13 PM

Fantastic Janette!!
Wonderful message here and I support it fully!!!
We are all God's children!
~Smiles & Hugs, Nancy~

~If you haven't heard the sunset,
you haven't been listening.~

garysgirl

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since 2002-09-29

Posts 19237
Florida, USA

4 posted 2003-07-13 01:39 PM

Oh yes, Janette...I love the message you
brought forth in this poem, too. A very
good one...

Hugs to you

Ethel

Kaoru

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since 2003-06-07

Posts 3892
where the wild flowers grow

5 posted 2003-07-13 01:52 PM

Beautiful!

JamesMichael
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since 1999-11-16

Posts 33336
Kapolei, Hawaii, USA

6 posted 2003-07-13 04:56 PM

enjoyed..."Jesus loves the little children of the world"...James

Jason Lyle
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since 2003-02-07

Posts 1438
With my darkling

7 posted 2003-07-13 05:08 PM

Beautiful poem, beautiful message, beautiful picture.

Jason

El_Campeador
Senior Member

since 2003-01-29

Posts 761
Ohio, USA

8 posted 2003-07-13 06:06 PM

Sweet poem, with a good message. It's only a little melanin that makes the color of different people's skin different...

“We are all travelers in the wilderness of this world, and the best that we can find in our travels is an honest friend.” –Robert Louis Stevenson

Janette

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since 2001-07-20

Posts 2843
Chicagoland for now

9 posted 2003-07-13 11:23 PM

Midnitesun
nakdthoughts
Enchantress
garysgirl
Kaoru
JamesMichael
JasonLyle
ElCampeador

Thanks to all of you for leaving me lovely replies and for taking the time in which to do so.  This one is dear to my heart since it is written about my precious 2 year old grandson.

Oh and Jason, an additional thanks to you for the "beautiful" comment.  That was sooooooo nice of you to say.

Sven

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since 1999-11-23

Posts 14937
East Lansing, MI USA

10 posted 2003-07-14 01:13 AM

you are definitely the brightest color of that rainbow. . .

well done my friend. . . good to see your work again. . .

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I'm tired of pretending I don't love you. . . --Travis Tritt

passing shadows
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since 1999-08-26

Posts 45577
displaced

11 posted 2003-07-14 01:43 AM

wonderful work! I wish more people would see it this way, we'd have a lot less trouble

BluesSerenade
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since 2001-10-23

Posts 10549
By the Seaside

12 posted 2003-07-14 09:34 PM

If this isn't the prettiest rainbow I ever saw.

Aren't you lovely! Janette~

Janette

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since 2001-07-20

Posts 2843
Chicagoland for now

13 posted 2003-07-14 11:56 PM

Sven
passing shadows
BluesSerenade

You are so dear to reply to me in this way ... bringing me lots and lots of smiles ... thanks.

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