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Wayne says, "Cat Stevens made this hymn popular in the 1970's. At the time I listened to all recordings by Cat and those songs became part of me. Now whenever I hear Morning Has Broken played in church, it takes me back." Wayne also wrote his friend, Kim, a letter on June 1, 2005 that sums up his own feelings about the morning. It read: You asked me on Friday why I go up to the cottage. One of the reasons is for the quiet mornings. Yesterday morning was one of those times. I got up early, before anyone else, and went down to the water in my pajamas and slippers, like I always do. The feeling has always been the same ... incredible. The quiet is wonderful. The stillness and clearness of the water really captures me. I didn't get out the canoe because I knew that we were leaving in a few hours, but that is even better than walking on the dock and beach. I have told others about the mornings down at the lake, but they never get up to experience it. After I was down there for an hour or more, Gloria showed up with a coffee cup in her hand like she usually does and joined me. Seeing my wife really completes the good morning feeling. Kim, as I walked out on that dock yesterday morning, I was wishing that you could have been there with me. You would have felt the same feelings as I was feeling. Many others may say things like "Oh I thought that there was something over there," but you would have felt it all. I hope that you can be there with me some time in the future. I have attached a couple of pictures (see photos, left), but they just don't capture what I was feeling yesterday morning. I never had a name for the feeling, but you call them "close moments." I just know that I go up to the cottage to get those feelings. Your buddy, Wayne
Morning
Has Broken
Morning has
broken, like the first morning
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