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Knock knock! Who’s there? Banana. Banana who? Knock knock! Who’s there? Banana. Banana who? Knock knock! Who’s there? Banana. Banana who? Knock knock! Who’s there? Orange.   Orange you glad I didn’t say banana? There was a crawl space in the attic my mom turned into a library/playroom.   As an adult with no children, it is not hard for me to understand how intelligent my mom was as a parent.   The attic was a perfect place to play when we were inside.   As a child, it was space that felt so tiny, so far and tucked away, only imagination could get to it.   My memories of playing in the attic are vivid.   That is how well-thought Mom curated it.   My sisters and I would have to pass all of our handmade Halloween costumes, all of our handsewn Easter and Christmas Mass dresses, too, to get to the books, music and toys waiting for us.   I remember the joke book that knock knock joke was written in.   I remember, too...

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This sounds like a recipe for coincidence: Holy Spirit, take me where you want me to go. Holy Spirit, let me meet who you want me to meet.  Holy Spirit, tell me what you want me to say. Holy Spirit, keep me out of your way.  Someone once said I look like I am going on a safari by calling me Safari Emily.  That didn’t fit.  I told myself if it’s going to be like that, the alliteration of Expedition Emily is more exciting.  Recipe Courtesy of:  https://youtu.be/eDj1faWTDHc (May 6, 2022 I received a phone call from Johnny today, and in the back of our telephone conversation I was having a conversation with myself about something he and I talked about in our last telephone conversation.  His encouraging words of that call I got hung up on were, “Move on.  God’s there.”  I wanted to get after him because he rushed me!  I let the moment pass on to something more dum dum knowing I could get where I needed to go myself.  But, it took me Sun...