~*~ We were, for a while, close. For a while we shared the same boat, Sailed the same social seas. You were my anchor; I was your sails. In you I found rest; With me you could fly. We traversed that watery plain With one heart, watching For the horizon together and, For a while, the sailing … More Farewell, Old Friend
Here is this week’s Free Write Friday prompt from Kellie Elmore: ~*~ ~*~ Liberating for me, as a matter of fact … Enjoy! ~*~ Some things are not meant to be What do you think you could ever say That would reach me? I am not angry. I simply wonder. And why do you think … More Some Things Are Not Meant To Be …
Here is this week’s Free Write Friday prompt from Kellie Elmore. Surrender Surrender to What is. What else is there? Follow the course Prescribed; Batten down the hatches, And enjoy the ride. Toward the light. Yes, The light And the end of a Long, unforgiving Storm. Prepare to be delivered To your destiny. It awaits. … More Surrender
A girl after my own heart! (This image is so full of meaning for me I hardly know where to begin.) ~*~ There are no coincidences. This is something in which I have firmly believed for some time. For good, or ill, life gives us what we need to learn and develop as spiritual beings … More #FWF: Spirit Bear
~*~ Gratitude Where there is no gratitude, There is only the absence of gratitude; An empty soul. If we cannot be grateful We cannot acknowledge The bounty there is in the world And the heart of Love That creates it. If we have no gratitude We cut ourselves off From all that is good And … More #Free Write Friday: Gratitude
Traces of Them We are admonished by some that history belongs in the past. And perhaps it does. I’m here to offer, however, that we ignore history at our peril, especially as it pertains to our family. The people who preceded us were shaped by world events and their experiences. How they were shaped, shapes … More Traces of Them; Traces of Me
Here is today’s prompt, courtesy of Kelley Rose, for Free Write Friday: ” … what was that pivotal moment for you [in your life], and most importantly, how did it change you?” ~*~ Interestingly, I addressed this at great length in my last post ~ A Life Unravelled. If I have to zero in on one … More #FWF: Life Changers … My Sarajevo
A Life Unravelled I am of an age When the formative years Speak. “Remember me?” They ask. It starts with Music. A song. A memory. A feeling. Hmmm … I had forgotten. Lost in Tumultuous times of Twenty-plus years. Tumult covered by more Tumult. A child overwhelmed; A teenager confused; A twenty-something Ungrounded, Until in … More A Life Unravelled
Another opportunity to hone my free writing chops courtesy of Kellie Elmore’s Free Write Friday, this week ably hosted by Mark Schutter. Here’s the prompt: VegaStar Carpentier captured this image of a Hunter’s Moon from Paris, France on Oct. 30, 2012 using a Canon EOS 1000D. October’s Full Moon is called the “Hunter’s Moon” or … More #FWF Free Write Friday: Blood Moon
When we embark on our healing journey it’s a bold step. We are energized by the idea that with appropriate professional help we can wrap our past up in a neat little package and fire it off into a universe where we need never meet up with it again. And perhaps if we did not … More Broken Record
Shedding Light on the Family Tree 