I was picking up trash along our neighborhood street and found a $20 bill. This is the fifth time in six years that I’ve found money on the ground in that particular spot, a total of $52. It’s my own little secret,
A PSALM OF LAMENT
A night so long
the dream is gone.
I’m tired
of the fight.
Damned if I’m strong
damned if I cry.
MAMA SAID
My mother died just a few days after my twenty-seventh birthday and a month to the day of my wedding. She barely knew my husband.
You Know?
Throughout the years hubby and I have lived in both urban and rural communities. We presently live in a one-stoplight “town”.
Look At The Birds
I love birds. I have for a long time. My love-affair probably started when I was just a toddler and my mother had a couple of pretty blue parakeets that she kept in a wire cage at the side of the piano in our living room.
Free From Reaction, Free To Respond
Most of us spend way too much time and effort focusing on changing our reactions when actually it’s almost impossible to do so.





