I am sure there are others with a more detailed history with her. I’m sure there are others with more rivoting stories connected to her. All I know is that she made me feel at “home” at a time when I was really struggling to define that word. Even long after I had moved [...]
Filed under: Uncategorized on January 14th, 2010 | 2 Comments »
It’s a bit tattered It’s a bit worn There are some places Where the pages are torn Dog eared and marked up Not much to see But when you hold it You’re holding the best part of me I was so mixed up I’d lost my way I had forgotten The feeling of [...]
Filed under: Uncategorized on November 1st, 2009 | No Comments »
There are few as honest as this lady. Her honesty always leaves its mark on me. Always. As a parent, I just don’t have the words …
Filed under: Uncategorized on October 26th, 2009 | No Comments »
April’s tongue and cheek take on those who do not wish to hatch… This small space is what I know. This fish tank existence is what I am accustomed to. Don’t give me the world. This small space is what I know. This oyster’s shell I created for myself is safe even [...]
Filed under: poetry, Uncategorized, wonder on October 12th, 2009 | No Comments »
I am in a new place. Times of crisis test what you really believe and who you really are. You’re soul and bone deep weary. You can’t keep up with those who generally lend their strength. You are so not yourself. And in times like that you really need kind and patient reminders of who [...]
Filed under: Uncategorized on October 10th, 2009 | 1 Comment »
My mother- in- law was recently diagnosed with cancer. We’ve been through the one inch gash across her back that was supposedly going to be a few inches long. We have dealt with removing lymph nodes. And now we are begining to move through the phase of 20 days of meds in a port [...]
Filed under: Uncategorized on August 9th, 2009 | No Comments »
She thinks I’m not watching But I never miss a movement Graceful as she stoops to dip her brush Finishing some joke or story Entrancing me with her gently focused stroke Raising her head half smiling She has caught me watching Smirks in the knowing Blushing I turn back to painting But I never [...]
Filed under: poetry, Uncategorized on August 4th, 2009 | No Comments »
I don’t often pass along specific sites. This song however made me stand up and take notice even in the middle of packing and what not. “It’s the simple things that make or break, the difference between go or stay…” – Kyler England http://www.thesixtyone.com/kylerengland/song/Bells+and+Whistles/43613/
Filed under: Uncategorized on April 3rd, 2009 | No Comments »
She’s so funny and I guess it’s irony That she said to me “What a lovely dream. Why don’t you put it in a story?” I guess in truth when I speak honestly My heartfelt fantasy My most lovely dream Would be better off in a story It’s so fragile that it can not [...]
Filed under: life, poetry, purpose, relating well, relationships, Uncategorized on March 9th, 2009 | No Comments »
I was looking through old photos Trying to put together Who I am from the pieces of who I was Hair styles and clothing Places and faces Changed before my eyes in a rush Nothing stays the same Some things are forgotten Some childhood fantasies are lost Time marches forward Some things stay remembered You [...]
Filed under: Uncategorized on January 31st, 2009 | No Comments »
