Love at First Sight (a poem)

(Here I am around age 5 with two of my first kittens.  It was always love at first sight.) Instinct led her to lift the small mewing creature with pin-prick paws to her chest, pressing it close to where her own heart beat.  And instinct bade the poor kitten...

The Gift of Community (#SmallWonder)

Make new friends, but keep the old, one is silver and the other’s gold.   I visited my daughter’s Brownie troop this past December to teach the girls how to make fresh-cut evergreen swags.  The craft went quickly; before long it was time to wrap...

Come Rest With Me

 The cornfield across the street preparing for its winter nap. The only way I can get my three year old twins to nap is by joining them.   It started last week, the day after a horrid night of fevers and chills that kept the littlest one and me up until...

The Night Will Hold You

(This picture was taken by my husband – the night sky over the corn field  across the street from us – isn’t he amazing?)  When the grief you carry  wears your face into a thousand  heavy lines, when the sadness  feels like a...

When Speaking Life Requires Silence

I met Kimberly Ann Coyle though an online (in) courage discussion group for writers.  She and a host of other writers are in the long haul of blogging for 31 days straight through the month of October.  Every blogger chooses a topic of focus and digs...
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