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Flickering Light
We are like a crystal suspended by a silver thread, a strong arm, and with a soul… floating in the universe. Reflecting light, holding light and as the Light passes…
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How Does Your Garden Grow
French Husband tells me that our home is not the same without me. "It is quiet and empty…" then he quickly back tracks and says, "Well maybe not empty since…
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Applying Healing Balm
Applying Healing Balm Standing at my father’s bedside I often imagine the *prayers being sent. I imagine them floating above him waiting to…
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Example Sheds a Light
My friend Shelley who has ALS knows what it means to fight for her life. She is of sound mind, and though her body is beautiful and young, she cannot…
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two steps forward, one step back, two steps to the side
As I witness life with my hands tied behind my back and my heart pounding loudly and echoing off the canyon’s wall… I am not afraid but wearing thin. As…
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Holding a Mirror
In the painting above the young woman holds a mirror behind herself as she gazes into the future, in doing so she places her hand to her heart. She…
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The History of the Flower
Rain, sun, earth, seed, root, stem, flower, fallen petal… We are one and the same at different moments throughout the day.
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Non Chora
Unlike the other days were I held back my tears, I cried. I couldn’t hold back, fatigue reigned. In Portuguese he begged me over and over again, "Non chora." Then…
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The New Shape of Normal
Anyone who knows my mother knows she does not sit still. She is a Matriarch-o-holic, bakes up a storm, volunteers for everything, has a wild garden, is a neat freak,…
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The Rose
The Rose Bette Midler Some say love, it is a river That drowns the tender reed.Some say love, it is a razor That leaves your soul…
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