A friend texted me the following article on Sunday morning. She is the woman featured in the write up. We have known each other since our children were young, hers just stair steps behind mine. We raised our kids as single moms, without help from our former spouses. She was the first one to go […]
Cornish pasties, the ones my father used to make when I was a child, were the one thing I craved while carrying my first child. Something in the taste of ground beef, sliced potato, and onion, wrapped in a flaky crust and seasoned just right, called to me. Except my father had long since misplaced […]
The art of listening, best taught by the family pooch –ears attuned to nuances, carefully weed throughhuman gibberish for words that resonate:treat, dinner, walk, cuddles… Those eyes challenge, invite compassionconvey a depth beyond understandingand when tone turns impatient,little paws retreat, as if words are blows. If only I could learn to listen,hear the workings of […]
Another apt metaphor!
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Thanks Liz
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You’re welcome, V.J.
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Hugs. I loved your words vj. Very nice ❤
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You are the best! Thanks.
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powerful description … well done!
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Thank you!
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welcome!
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I love, “break through stagnation” and your drawing.
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Thank you!
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That first stanza is one I find very relatable. Well described.
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Thanks Ali.
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I LOVE the pray for an opening, a release……….I know exactly what that desire feels like!
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Thanks Wendi!
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thank you!
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