A Simple Life: Storm Clouds Not Included
A Simple Life Some people try to act bigger, grander, more than they are; just to prove that they are something more than acting. After living in the eye of the storm, I… Continue reading
Tag Archive: family
0 Comments
We Will Always Be Six Jars of Sand
Photo Credit Jenny Bennett Life Is Swell Photography We used to be six jars of sand. Full up, each one, with memories stored. Brought from the shore, where we used to call home.… Continue reading
The time has Come. An End and a Beginning
In the first days time stood still. Stopped. The air lingered before his face glassy, slow and thick, like maple syrup. The world seemed to be moving slower in focus, and faster out… Continue reading
Why I never told you before, You were not my FIRST
Why I never told you before. That you were not the first. Because I didn’t want you to feel any different about your place. We belong together. And you really are my first dream come… Continue reading
What I learned from the man with a Dream
“Never, never be afraid to do what’s right, especially if the well-being of a person or animal is at stake. Society’s punishments are small compared to the wounds we inflict on our soul… Continue reading
I didn’t want a girl.
Is her head really that big? That was my first thought when I saw her. After three sons, there came waltzing in, ok, maybe it was more like charging in; our sweet beautiful girl,… Continue reading
Coming Into Focus
Photo credit: by margolove With all this chatter lately about “breaking up” with our phones, devices, etc. and even with my own reflection upon my old Project Eye Contact of four years ago, along with the general… Continue reading
The Sunday Drive: A Life’s Story
This afternoon my husband, children and I set out on one of our favorite pastimes- the Sunday drive. We have been piling into the car and meandering off into parts unknown for years.… Continue reading
Fear and Loathing to Free and Flying
Just keep writing, just keep writing (to the tune of Dory’s “just keep swimming” from Finding Nemo.) That is the song my heart hears today. Its raw, open and exposed. I had an overwhelming… Continue reading