I Am From…
I am from fried chicken and chocolate meringue pies, from large nap-inducing Sunday lunches after we returned home from Sunday …
Monthly Archives: April 2012
Going in the direction you cherish
Essay from prompt “going in the direction you cherish” by Vietnamese Buddhist monk Thich Nhat Han – 9/30/2007 “If he …
Breath of Sol
We are 13 women who lost… 14 children, 10 high school graduations, 11 college graduations, countless birthday …
Between Remembrance and Resilience
“Caught between Remembrance and Resilience” was a phrase from a newspaper article that grabbed my attention. Those words seemed to …
Lean on Me
This family portrait was one of my first creative efforts following the death of my daughter, Rebecca. Sapped of my …
What I Save
In this stage of my life, I save less and less, fewer items, less stuff. I was thinking just yesterday …
The Perfect Fit
Feet. Shoes. Fit. All those shoes … they seemed to fit at the time. Pink satin ballet shoes. They were …
The Wedding Dress
The fading of an elegant dress-satin, tulle, a fine nuptial tiara, now crumpled and old in tan tissue paper decorated …
Killian
You made an imprint On our hearts and on our souls Miss you Killian ~Monica Sleap 4.17.12
Call of the Wood Thrush
Hopeful wood thrush calls
high in the clean mountain trees
one sweet note missing.
Farther Along 