While tool’n down the road today on my little faraway island… I was moved by the sharing of a story by Susan Cooke Kittredge on NPR radio. In her short essay “We All Need Mending” she shared the story of her grandmother, born in 1879 and widowed at 43. The nuggets of wisdom in their relationship so perfectly identified how many folks feel about the current state of affairs in the world today.

“Mending something is different from fixing it. Fixing it suggests that evidence of the problem will disappear. I see mending as a preservation of history and a proclamation of hope.” -Cooke Kittredge

I hope you will find this short story an inspiring message for your day.

In-joy,
Bruce

Here is the story: We All Need Mending

The audio link is there too.

Susan Cooke Kittredge is senior minister at the Old Meeting House in East Montpellier Center, VT. Her father was journalist and broadcaster Alistair Cooke, whose “Letter From America” was the longest running radio commentary series in history.