A Walk in My New Life

January 20, 2019.Reading time 3 minutes.

How do you get over the death of a parent? I wasn’t sure when, or even if, I would share this. The pain of losing my mom, “The Momma,” has been unlike any other in my life. There…I shared it. * It’s a new life Everything is different I feel different Upon examination I see […]

NEW YEAR…NEW THOUGHTS (2019)

January 6, 2019.Reading time 2 minutes.

Possibilities There are so many out there Try one on for size! I looked at last year’s “New Year’s” post and I see my word for 2018 was “commitment.” As I reflect on a very hard year I see that I fulfilled my honor of commitment, just not in the way I thought I […]

Tethered to Chains

December 2, 2018.Reading time 2 minutes.

It’s hard to see through the fog But I know you are there. It’s more a feeling from the inside Than any true sense. I can feel you trying to hold on Fists closed Nails digging deep into flesh Administering pain Remembrance. I try to break free I tell myself that it is okay to […]

Thanks For All Things

November 21, 2018.Reading time 2 minutes.

As I can not see into the future, or “plan” a perfect life The best I can do is give thanks, for everything I see Ban judgment on the superlatives Walk the path that is guided by love Revel in the beauty that surrounds me and find a silver lining in every struggle For it […]

Just BEING

September 16, 2018.Reading time 3 minutes.

NOT thinking, planning, showing, doing prying, looking, catching, throwing starting, stopping, feeling, sinking swimming, running, walking, falling acting, crying, chasing, fearing grabbing, forcing, kicking, screaming packing, waiting, playing, aching giving, feeding, cleaning, missing cheering, seeing, hearing, fixing jumping, swearing, ranting, raving rowing, swinging, turning, training guessing, wishing, talking, drowning bearing, growing, digging, checking fighting, filling, […]

DRASTICALLY OPPOSED TO LOVE

September 2, 2018.Reading time 4 minutes.

What is it? This dark, ugly place that lives in the outer reaches of the center The place that is familiar and yet loathed The place where I can turn my back on everything that is good Everything I’ve built Every gift I’ve been given Never to be seen by the light of day Or […]

Peace in the Stillness

August 19, 2018.Reading time 2 minutes.

“You will first dream of peace, and then awaken to it.” ~A Course in Miracles The softness that resides inside touches me in times of stillness. I remember when life was innocent and carefree and the only job I had was to live life with laughter from my soul. The free and easy feeling […]