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NORTH CAROLINA
The Mason
By Beth Grace
Editor
Beth
Grace
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T
he brother leaned forward across his
silver walker, smiling as he held court
in the backyard shed-turned-Masonic-
man cave. He chatted with the stream of
visiting Masons and their families about a few
of the thousands of items of historic interest
surrounding him.
It wasn't his man cave, mind you.
It was the special sanctum of his
much-loved Masonic brother, Steve
Lynch, who invites everyone in the
fraternity he has loved for decades
to visit his backyard "Lynch Lodge"
a few times a year.
e man – and his audience --
brightened considerably as the door
opened … and a wee fairy princess
entered.
Adorned with beads, rows of
brightly colored bracelets, hot pink
tutu and waving a wand (of course!),
she gaped at the photos, statues and medals
papering every wall, then twirled beneath the
model helicopters that swayed above her from
the ceiling.
Who had ever seen so many replicas of
George Washington in one room???
is particular perfect princess was still
celebrating her birthday – which had been
days before. Her father explained that she so
treasured the outfit she had gotten that day,
she had refused to take it off ever since …
except under protest for the occasional bath.
e brother leaned forward as she
approached.
"Are you a princess?" he asked.
"Yes," she squeaked, making a face that
suggested it should be pretty clear
just by looking at her that she was
a card-carrying member of fairy
royalty.
Undaunted, the man asked, "And
can you do magic?" She smiled at
him as if he really HAD missed a
memo about the wonders of wand-
wielding fairy princesses.
"Of COURSE!" she replied.
"en, can you make me well?" he
asked. Kidding … but maybe not.
She didn't hesitate.
She peered into his eyes, raised her
wand and tapped him gently on his
arm. en she stepped back, cradling the wand,
admiring her own amazing powers.
Her patient closed his eyes and smiled.
Smiled big. Magic. e child came packing
some pretty powerful magic.
e brother may not have been truly cured,
but every last person in that room felt healed.
May the power of the magical wee fairy prin-
cess be with all of us, today and all days.
Happy summer!
You're never too old…or too young…to believe in magic. Magic happens every time "Lynch Lodge" opens.
Witnessing the magic
of ‛Lynch Lodge'
