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Blessing

(11 stories)

At the blessing they all smiled. At the wedding they all cheered. At the funeral they all sneared.
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They sat around the table, heads bowed, hands clasped, waiting for father to give the blessing. He liked to make them wait. #130story

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O'Malley was on his knees asking for the Lord's blessing. Surfs up! Ireland's surfing priest was away. What a breaker.

He had received the blessing many times, but this time he felt something - he felt warm and protected, but most of all, loved #130story

Some people's blessings come in disguise. Joe's came in fancy dress. #130story

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Your Highness
Please give me
your blessing
For your daughters hand
Chuck looked miffed
And now I'm banished
To Van Demien's Land

To love someone and be loved by them in return is a true blessing. (Or, as this
is Twitter, to follow and be followed in return.)

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In every secondhand I look
To land another Golden Notebook
You may count your blessings
But I like to count my Lessings #130story

Children are a blessing and a curse. The love vs the financial & emotional cost is often a precarious balance. Just ask my mam. #130story

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Daily Mail readers
Used to write off letters in 1970's
Asking Mary Whitehouse's blessing
Four days before sexual naughties

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Signing away her soul to Satan by not reading T&Cs to win a BBQ may be a mixed blessing. Ann had never been sure of her future.