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,

Celie…I can taste your tears.

Numb. I am numb. When I do feel, It is pain. Which rushes in like ocean waves And slam into me, Then ebb away Until again, I am numb. My fingers have no feeling. They are sticks extending from my palms. My tongue can taste no food. A useless organ taking up space In my …

Missing

You are a thread. Thick, Strong, Vibrant. And you've been woven into the lives of the people who surround you. If you suddenly go missing, You will destroy the pattern of the tapestry. For a pattern has already been designed And the Master Weaver sits at the loom Making it reality. But we have a …

You Have Not Lived….

Until you've heard the words, "Mommmmm! Josiah put hair removal creme all over his hair!". Yes. You read that correctly. My ten year old son rubbed, not one, but two applications of hair removal creme into his beautiful sandy brown hair. When his sister got married, she and her bridesmaids were primping and beautifying every …

Niagra Love

Today is one those days, Those days when I wake up and my affection is Niagra Falls. Where are my children and my grandbaby? I must spend every hour, every minute with them. I wonder, Have they seen the sunrise? Are some of them still in bed, Snuggled deep in blankets with tousled hair, warm …

No Man Gets To Break You

No Man Gets To Break You.

No Man Gets To Break You

I received communication today full of accusations regarding my divorce. The accusations stated blatantly that I did not care about my children. They accused me of not putting them first when my marriage was in dire straits. Of course the accusations were from a soul whose mind bore a one-sided perspective. I cared about my …

Build Your Life

The things that matter take time. I love instant happy. Who doesn't love instant happy? But lives take time to build. They aren't instantly successful. Friendships take time to build. The real ones. And merging lives? That is like getting up every day and going to work. You must pour into that project on a …

Rise up and Walk

It is hard not to adore the first someone who treats you like the valuable thing that you actually are. The one who sees you sitting on the floor and lowers their own body to the ground so they can speak to you eye to eye. As equals. It is easy to gaze at them …

Colorblind

People say love is color blind. It isn't. They mean well. They mean lots of things, the most common being the concept that says, "Look deeper than the outer shell.". And they are right - we must do that with all of mankind. But love is not color blind. Love sees color. Love likes color. …