Birthday Wishes
Butterfly In my Radar. A viceroy floats over my head. I Try to chase it to snap a photo of …
Tag Archives: death of child
Ordinary and Discovery
Carol often uses the “Before and After” exercise to develop a prompt – asking the participants at the writing workshop …
Of time, space, traveling and October days
Time and space. This little world of time and space. Beyond this world of time and space. I’ve been rereading …
Calendar Girl
When I was a child, of the 365 days in a year, only two had meaning for me: my birthday …
TENSES
“Do you ever feel like your future is in the past?” I heard that question the other day and had …
Not The Same
I was going to post my most recent newspaper column here but realize it’s old news. I discussed how much I …
Transformation–Rebecca’s clothes
I don’t think many people INTEND to keep boxes and boxes of things that once belonged to their child who …
It Sucks
“What about the kid who hit the line drive?” I looked at Cohen—his eyes were wide open, contemplating the way the …
The Beginning….
So I found this writing recently. A friend gave me a journal and said, “It might help to record your …
Scrubbing Up
I’ve been witness to a lot of scrubbing up lately. Just before my family and I went to France two …
A Midsummer Night with Farther Along writers
Seven of the thirteen of us gathered to share some “farther along” writings at an outdoor dinner party at the …
Shouted prayer
My prayers sometimes pause in the snatches of rainbow light that play upon the wall, the refrigerator, the floor, as …
YOLO
I first heard the term YOLO – acronym for You Only Live Once – last fall as my worship planning …
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