Pain or no pain, Happily ever after, or happily never after, We only have today to love or not to love.
Araminta – I want to be like you.
“When I found I had crossed that line, I looked at my hands to see if I was the same person. There was such a glory over everything; the sun came like gold through the trees, and over the fields, and I felt like I was in Heaven.” - Harriet Tubman One of my favorite …
Do you…
When you lie down at night Do you think of me? Does my name Cross your mind Warm your heart Touch your lips In prayer? - Do you wonder if I, too, see the moon? Or the stars Suspended in azure Since the ones In your eyes Are hidden from my view? - I wake …
Maybe, Just Maybe
I marvel as he continues to draw me even still, and it causes the flickers of hope to ignite within me that maybe,
The 5th Wave – A book review.
I read _The Fifth Wave_ this week; A book I wanted to complete before seeing the movie. It was prose and science fiction in one book. I've never read a book quite like it. The characters are developed well and I bonded with a couple of them even while waiting to get a good grasp …
Stormy Weather
When I was young, maybe 18, I stood on top of a hill in Manchester, MI, and watched a summer storm come in. I stood in the rain and wind until my aunt made me come into the house for threat of lightning. It was thrilling and scary. I felt so small And so ALIVE. …
I am no bird. No net ensnares me.
This may be one of my favorite quotes in the world. And it's so hard to choose just one. Being in a very authoritarian marriage, where our church preached something called "Spiritual Authority", a concept backed up by many biblical scriptures, A woman was to submit to her husband whenever there was an impasse in …
River
The sunrise was soft this morning, providing a gentle light that didn't hurt the eyes as one drove toward the east. I generally take the road that allows my car to move in curvy swervey patterns since it follows the shoreline of the river. It's a peaceful commute that changes visually with every season and …
Feather Your Nest
"FEATHER YOUR NEST" Words I saw painted on an outside wall of a store in Dundee, MI. I thought about the words. A gentle command to turn your house into a cozy place. Not a showcase. Not a gigantic window display. But a home. So many thoughts filled my mind as I drove down country …
Seed time and Harvest, and Patience
When I feel impatient, I picture a person in the middle of a corn field with the stalks half-grown, Only waist high, And the person is Powerless, pouty, and selfish. They are petulantly commanding stalks to grow, To give ears of corn. Because they want corn-on-the-cob, and they want it now. The scenario is ugly. …
