Grace. It’s a vague concept. It’s possibly one of the most difficult concepts to grasp for a lot of people. It’s one I’ve learned a lot about – particularly in the past two or three years. Forgiveness. It’s allowing yourself to let go of the hurt, the fear, and the anger. It’s allowing yourself [...]
My little poet has been at it again. I thought about saving his work for next Wednesday’s poetry, but it’s about Chanukah, so it’d be sorta pointless by then. (It’s already a bit late, but that’s my fault for procrastinating on posting and not his.) My 7yo had a school assignment to write a haiku. [...]
It’s waiting for Snoopy to float down the street or watching him deal plates out like cards making up name cards with feathers and buckles carefully penned in brown It’s hearing the tenor of Scarborough Faire watching my father do his Thanksgiving dance with the smells of parsley, of sage, of rosemary, of thyme. as [...]
I woke this morning with the awareness of you lying beside me your arms around me your breath on my neck your heart beating in mine deep in the center of all that I am You run deep through my veins mingling in warm blood quenching my withering thirst flowing endlessly through the basis of [...]
stop pleasejust stop talking it’s lurking here under the oreosbehind the vase of daisiesclouded by this happinessand childish conversationjoking with new friends breatheslowly in, slowly out’til it feels like tomorrowor three days past last week what day is it today? leavethe wilted flower petalsand cookie crumb pieceson the tidy kitchen counterreminders of today and know [...]
Despite what anyone tells you, what you’ll miss most when you die is the little things: the grass between your toes, the clink of the ice in your coffee, and the scent of the breeze as it lifts your hair and tickles your neck. Those things you’ll miss and so much more, because those are [...]
Tired of the fighting “Girl, shut up and sit down now!” Inside the heart weeps
This is a map to where I live. It’s convoluted and most often, the quickest route to where you’re headed is not necessarily the shortest. It seems to me there is always a lot of traffic on the roads, and conversation is easily derailed. You can’t get to where I live without this map, but [...]
It’s a piece of my childhood that held me at night. Constructed from shreds of memories left behind. Stitched with care, by the hands that held me and nursed my pain. Lovingly pieced from dresses, worn with history and experience, as if life ended there in that childish moment. Where chasing flowers and playing ponies [...]
I worry too much. I have a lot of time to think. This week I had too much. I felt the need to “Go Dark” for a day. I was online in the evening for about an hour or so, but the rest of the day was offline. I’m at home with my kids all [...]
