These pandemic days have got me looking at the sky…a lot. Looking at the rain. Looking at the clouds. Noticing more. More repetitive movements like turning over soil with a trowel. Poking hot embers with a sturdy stick. Staring at a little camouflaged green cricket. Just noticing and watching and trying to remember eachContinue reading “These Pandemic Days”
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Spring Flower for You
“So why did you do it?” This was a simple enough question asked of me but unbelievably hard to answer. I jumped at the chance to deliver carnations to senior citizens staying/living at a local rehabilitation/senior living center. I wasn’t quite sure why I did it. I just felt compelled in my body and inContinue reading “Spring Flower for You”
Is there freedom in death?
Is there freedom in death ? Not for the person who dies but for the person who lives. I vividly remember a student in my 4th grade class more about 15 years ago. This student was a sad, sad girl. It always seemed as though she carried her sadness way down on the inside andContinue reading “Is there freedom in death?”
Resiliency
I’ve been thinking a lot about resiliency lately–What it takes to keep pushing for and at the exact same time, wait for the yes, when all you are getting is nos and not yets. What it takes to repair a relationship with the one partner that you’ve waited for your whole life. What it takesContinue reading “Resiliency”
Yes, No and Not Yet
At times there is a ‘yes’ over my life. At times there’s a ‘no’. And at other times there’s a ‘not yet’. It is during the ‘yes’ times that I have a compelling feeling that something is right, feels right, sounds right. My ‘no’ times are often felt with the same intensity as in, “no,Continue reading “Yes, No and Not Yet”
Walk with a light foot
I banged and battled my way through life like a ping-pong ball sometimes cascading gently downward only to get kicked up again to a different bell and whistle. Sometimes propelling myself high enough to have no other choice but to land in the gutter and lose my dignity and my confidence. Fear provided the energyContinue reading “Walk with a light foot”