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A Love Poem For My Mom
It is in the open spaces, the order finally created last night since her passing, that I ache, outside in the path of a cool summer breeze after night rain, and endless days of sun-baked heat behind us on the … Continue reading
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Easy Like Sunday Mornig
I need to hear the birdsong, the distant hoot owl call, and nothing else, I like a little drip drop from cloudy skies, a notion I might bake brownies, I like a notion, I like the word. It sounds … Continue reading
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Abundant Sweetness
It was my turn to stay with my mom at the hospital last night. We arrived after 11pm (my evening nap lasted a bit longer than anticipated) to relieve my dad so he could head home for much needed rest. … Continue reading
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Partial update for my mom
Friends, The results of the MRI showed a break in her upper thigh, which completely explains the pain. She had x-rays done today so the surgeon can get a better handle on her exact situation and decide if he/she feels … Continue reading
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Hanging out at the hospital
Hi Friends, Monday night my mom was admitted to the hospital for severe leg pain, chest congestion and fever. Since the moment she arrived at the emergency room friends and family have been with her except when she has requested … Continue reading
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recording now (written last July)
to market at dusk brown-speckled bananas, organic mints, time she’s locking patio furniture with a hundred-foot cable i sit so humid, clouds, those pink chalk smudges above hold still cicadas, tire spokes, boys’ foot steps an orchestra i inhale pastel … Continue reading
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untitled (written last August)
I pray for the willingness to accept the prosperity in my life. The more I allow in, the more my younger, wounded self pushes back. She needs a voice, for right now, none other can be heard when I sit … Continue reading
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small joy
I look across the kitchen table at my eleven year old son, and in a moment of grace, I forget our growing pains, his manifested discontent, that I’ve been cloaked in my own frustration all morning; a discomfort triggered by … Continue reading
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words of wisdom? (written last August)
Let’s say you’re deathly afraid of heights. If there’s a chance you’re going to need to leap off a cliff (like it or not), make sure there is deep water below. If you have in fact confirmed the water level … Continue reading
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incomplete thoughts (written last August)
Today I thought about discontent, having what we want/have worked for, doing enough, and gratitude. I hear, “I should not be sad/angry/overwhelmed, after all, look at my healthy family/nice home/promising career.” But we are distressed. There is something more we … Continue reading
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