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Maple Flavored Kindness

Yesterday was a rough day and I needed a boost. You know the type, a day following the previous night’s lack of sleep, waking to morning nervousness and a heavy dose of anxiety. We’ve all been there. On top of that, I had an appointment for my new crown. Yep, on a molar, #31 for…

The Grandfather Tree

Hiking has been a life-long love; the woods are a wondrous place, ever changing. I can hike the same trails each year and leave having recognized much, but the trail and flora and fauna have changed. They move. They bend. They morph. There is life. It’s my happy place and it soothes. I never tire…

Hope Springs

Don’t turn away; Keep your gaze on the bandaged place. This is where the light enters you. ~ Rumi I post once again with a very heavy heart in honor of our dear friends, the family whose son took his life last weekend. Days later their daughter tried to take hers. She was unsuccessful. Through…

This Moment

As I try to find words to fit the horrendous pain now felt over the loss of their child, I do our friends a gross injustice. There are none; words don’t exist to capture the horror they are currently experiencing. I fall miserably short. I post in honor of our dear friends who lost their…

I Am Not There

Do not stand at my grave and weep I am not there. I do not sleep. I am a thousand winds that blow. I am the diamond glints on snow. I am the sunlight on ripened grain. I am the gentle autumn rain. When you awaken in the morning’s hush I am the swift uplifting…