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With Praise of Yams!

by Greg Asimakoupoulos

Posted: August 9, 2025

Inspiration from a baby's yawns…



Greg with yawning Jeremiah Bessco

Don’t think it rare that we need air.
It is our daily bread.
Without that unseen nourishment,
we all would soon be dead.

So, when a yawn is coming on,
don’t fight it. Feed your face.
Our appetite for oxygen
is part of God’s sweet grace.

So open wide. Those yawns provide
our hungry lungs with food.
That extra snack of oxygen
is anything but rude.


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Greg Asimakoupoulos (pronounced AWESOME-uh-COPE-uh-less) is an ordained minister, published author and chaplain to a retirement community in the Pacfic Northwest. Greg maintains a blog called Rhymes and Reasons, which he graciously provides to SeniorLifestyle.

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Posted: August 9, 2025

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