All My Pretty Flowers
In the garden of my life, my people are there, a colorful gathering of flowery souls. Amazingly beautiful. Each of you. All of you. Collectively, a field of color painted on the canvas in front of me. Much like the works…
By The Flagpole, I’ll Be
In a sea of angel faces, I look for mine. Hundreds of little ones, scurrying out the doors and my eyes are only searching for theirs. And theirs for mine. Smudged mouths, pink cheeks, feathery tendrils escaped from ponytails tied…
The Passing of Time
“I feel like we were just on this road yesterday” he said quietly, his mind chewing on the disbelief that our vacation week had passed so quickly. “I know,” I answered back, my own mind nodding silently in agreement with…
Fortitude
I sat on the sidelines yesterday watching my teenage granddaughter run around the volleyball court doing the most favorite thing she loves to do. It’s awesome to see. She’s not the tallest. Nor the strongest. But she doesn’t have to…
The Journey
A blink. The flicker of the eye that takes less than a second. A snap in time. A blip in the vast space of infinity. Involuntary swiftness. A definition of quickness. In a blink, my blue eyed daughter grew into…
Love Sweet Love
“What the world needs now is love sweet love. It’s the only thing that there’s just too little of…..” Boy, is that the understatement of the year. This magical song written by Hal David and Burt Bacharach back in 1965…
The Story of My Life
My granddaughters LOVE the band, One Direction. They are obsessed. They are die hard fans. They know their names. They know their songs. They know their likes and dislikes. Who their girlfriends are. Probably what they ate for breakfast. I…
So God Made A Dog
Today I’m remembering. Today I’m leafing through photo boxes and digital files. Today I’m frantically wanting to find that little puppy face that captured our heart over 13 years ago. The excited face. The happy tail. The sweet puppy with…
