The Collected Writings of Brian J. Mueller
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Adoption Day
Gotta have faith...
Today we may adopt
another dog,
and so I’m sitting,
wondering:
Who’s more nervous,
me or that dog?
For many years
I believed I knew exactly
what I needed and
how much I had
to give in return.
I was often wrong.
So today I step back
and pray that I will allow
kind spirits to show me
the way forward.