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To Travel or Not To Travel?

To Travel or Not To Travel?

Friends are talking about summer plans for travel. It’s that time of the year. Ric and I exchange knowing glances. Travel is likely not in our future. The Winter seems to have taken a toll on my mobility. I’ve been doing restorative yoga, and taking small walks to encourage my legs but every effort is […]

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Permission to write, paint, and imagine are the gifts I gave myself when chronic illness hit - a fair exchange: being for doing. Relevance is an attitude. Humour essential.

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Pity Not The Scars

Pity Not The Scars

Abandoned, this heart –
old walls scarred but solid

Lest you look upon me with pity,
remember – roses grow here

planted at the peak of love’s hold
vibrant despite the ensuing thorns.

(Tuesdays, I borrow from Twitter @Vjknutson.
Image my own.)

Posted on August 31, 2021August 30, 2021Categories grief, life, Love, poetryTags grief, life, Love, poem, roses6 Comments on Pity Not The Scars
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