Be still and know I AM. Know I AM and be still. Reposting this from the archives because my words have been stilled this week. ********** But now thoughts travel. I remember silence across miles. A bench seat center. Knee to knee. Left hand encircles wheel. Right hand encircles my left. World passes. No words. Just […]
Feelings Fragile
Feelings fragile like delicate ornaments hung high out of reach by thin threads unseen untouchable precarious until with one small bump they plummet and shatter into ashes that lay and wait for Love to sweep them up. Tomorrow we will bury my mother’s ashes. This act will bring some physical closure to a long journey. […]
Because There’s No Way of Knowing
Sissy and I, we talk about it. Again. All she did was reach to put a dish back on the nightstand. And BOOM! She hit the floor. And the ambulance came. And she never saw her house again. We talk about the lasts. The last time she walked in that door. The last time […]
Unwrapping the Gift(s)
May 9, 2012 Linking this post with Ann and the 1000 Moms Project to help in the funding of a Compassion International Maternity/Child Survival program in Haiti for a whole year. My mom passed away on November 27, 2011. Thank you, Mom, for the simple gifts, for laughter, and for teaching me to […]
Window on Writing: Kindle Konversion and Letting Go for Lent
This is one shelf. Out of six in this case. Out of four cases of six. Of that style. It doesn’t include the shelves in my office, a wall of built-in shelves in one room, a half-wall of built-in shelves in the basement, a metal cupboard of shelves in the garage. Full of books. Not […]
Resting on a Monday
She’s eaten. Had her diaper changed. I doubt you want to see a photo of that! Played on the floor. And laughed at the cats. She’s had her way. But now she struggles. Thrashing this way and that. I know what she needs. But she does not want to give in. We try the high […]
Light and Empty
I tiptoe through empty. Mindful to step easy when I reach vinyl. Not wild about down. Moisture clings to windows, and I see dimly. The house vibrates with damp and hums with dry. I’m instructed to turn the heat up past 58. No need to tell me twice. I can’t remember the last time we […]
First Snow
soft no flurry at the feeders no song in the air no footprints to follow just brushed wet kisses and manna whispers still Cleanse me with hyssop, and I will be clean; wash me, and I will be whiter than snow. Psalm 51:7 (NIV) Adding my words to other poets at One Shot Wednesday. And […]
I See Glory
The dark begins to fade gray and the world looks like my bathroom after a shower. The fog has come on little cat feet. It sits on silent haunches and looks over the field. Waiting. In the spirit of God in the Yard, I pour a cup of coffee in my Michigan mug (I know […]
Fluff and Penny Rolls
My checking account does not look good right now. We’ve had some large extra expenses this month, and I have not prepared well. I fear an overdraft. I’m glad I saw that. I roll pennies, ransack old purses, rob our wallets, and return returnables. I stuff everything into an empty wipe box and hurry to […]
