In a mirror, grimly, and yet
The bright morning sun beams showed me just how poor my mirror-cleaning efforts had been and then something so much better.
From Black and White to Living Color
So, we wait. We don’t rush to the finish. We don’t turn to the back of the book for the answers or the last chapter to see how it comes out. We don’t take the short cut through the peppermint forest if we roll doubles. We don’t jump to the front of the line. We […]
Love doesn’t leave
“I’m not leaving his side.” This is the expression of love. A love so deep that it proclaims, nothing is separating us. I am staying right here… in case he needs something, in case he hurts, to prevent him from getting lost or wandering away, so he won’t be confused or lonely. This is the […]
The road less traveled
I stand at a crossroads, two ways before me. One paved and well lit, the other hard pan, worn through newly greening grass. Which way do I go? A Robert Frost poem beckons dimly from an English class long past. Something about two paths and a choice to be made. One worn and one less […]
