March 5, 2019
March 11, 2019
HITCH AND SHUTTER
Courage doesn't exit without fear, and, yet, sometimes fear is where all things stop and root into the earth, never to leave, never to breathe, never to shine.
November 29, 2018
REACHING THE CENTER
A friend and I walked a labyrinth today. An eleven-circuit labyrinth haloed with lavender. Even with all the snow, the lavender tinted the air with its scent. We walked in silence, crunching through the snow, one foot after another, until we reached the center.
October 23, 2018
ALWAYS TIME FOR GOOD DISCUSSION
Life keeps whispering to me, "Stay in the conversation," but I don't instinctively take that advice. I'm more apt to leave the conversation than use my voice; instead, hightail it out of there.
October 1, 2018
GRIEF ROSE UP
I could say that it was easy, sitting there with her, watching her die, but it wasn't. There was nothing easy about it, nor awful for that matter. It was what it was.
July 27, 2018
NO LONGER THERE TO BE SEEN
I have a beautiful bookshelf tucked into our living room wall, which contains a plethora of books. I have an old rocker next to the bookshelf and a decent lamp that gives adequate light for reading.
July 3, 2018
NO GOING BACK
She wanted to say something, the truth preferably, but all her words stuck in her mouth, hung up on her tongue, forever secured and tethered to going nowhere.
June 22, 2018
CHERISHED GIFT
I hear my oldest son playing piano, a new song he's learned that he renders with little effort. His fingers grace the piano keys as if he's played before, but he hasn't. I'm amazed at his talent and intuitiveness.
June 20, 2018
MENDING FROM THE INSIDE
In this life, I've had numerous times where discouragement supplanted all thoughts of trudging forward, and I found myself wallowing in the failure of who I thought I was.
June 14, 2018
