We set aside a day each May to honor dear old mom. To let her know how much she's loved before she's dead and gone. We do the same each year in June to tell our dads they're great. To grill a brat and drink a beer and just plain celebrate. Just recently it dawned on me we need a holiday to honor others in our lives for what they do and say. I'm thinking of the guys at work, my neighbors, merchants too. Baristas, mailmen, waitresses, the one who heels my shoe. Toll takers, teachers, dry cleaners, a pastor, rabbi, priest, those hospice workers, gardeners, the not-well-known. The least. You catch my drift. I'm thinking of those people in our lives who ease the burden of each day who seldom get a prize. They need to know we value them. I think I have a way. Why not a Sunday once a year that's known as Other's Day?
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Sunday Rhymes & Reasons
Published June 4, 2009
Sunday Rhymes and Reasons is a compilation of inspirational poetry by America's pastor/poet laureate, Greg Asimakoupoulos. In this, his third volume of poetry, Pastor Greg paints word pictures that portray both the struggle and fulfillment that define a life of faith. His repertoire of rhymes celebrate rite-of-passage occasions like birth, baptism, marriage and death as well as the major holidays of the church and culture. It is a volume that illustrates the poet's love of words and of popular culture. The author dips his brush into a paint box of hubris, humor and honesty.
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