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Waiting for the bus.
Waiting for the next election.
Waiting for Christmas.
Waiting for your teenager to come home at night.
Waiting for Prince Charming.
Waiting for dinner.
Waiting for the light to change.
Waiting for seeds to sprout.
Waiting for the alarm clock to ring.
Waiting for the grief to stop.
Waiting for Godot.
Waiting for the Novocain to take effect.
Waiting for payday.
Waiting for the bad haircut to grow out.
Waiting for paint to dry.
Waiting for the mail.
Waiting for things to get back to
normal.
Waiting for the college
admission letter.
Waiting for the coffee to brew.
Waiting for death.
Waiting for vacation to start.
Waiting for Prince Charming.
Waiting for the test results.
Waiting for the other shoe to drop.
“Wait till your father gets home!”
Waiting to turn sixteen; waiting to get your driver’s license.
Waiting for the thunderclap after lightning.
Waiting for a baby to be born.
Waiting for your sister to get out of the bathroom.
Waiting for the Messiah.
Waiting for the car to fall apart.
Waiting for the war to end.
Waiting in the grocery line.
Waiting for a pot to boil.

Just waiting….

by Judy Welles and Duane Fickeisen

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Rev. Judy Welles

Minister Emerita at Unitarian Universalists of the Cumberland Valley, Pennsylvania

Growing up in the Boston area, where there is a Unitarian church on every village green, Judy Welles’s childhood memories of involvement in the Unitarian Society of Wellesley Hills are vivid and happy. She was an active member of LRY and a Pelican at Star Island for two summers before falling away from the religion of her childhood.That is, until her 4-year old daughter asked “Mommy, how did George Washington make the sky without falling through?” and she realized it was time for Sunday School.

Judy had many careers before ministry, ranging from telephone installer (yes, with a hard hat at the top of a telephone pole) to mid-level administrator for Planned Parenthood, while raising two daughters as a single parent. She enrolled at Starr King School for the Ministry in her late 40’s, and has never looked back. She has served on the Board of Trustees of Starr King School, the Western Regional Subcommittee on Candidacy of the Ministerial Fellowship Committee, and the Board of the UU Retired Ministers and Partners Association, where she edits the quarterly newsletter.

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• A Litany of Waiting - December 1, 2016