Last week, while the kids sipped their tea and me, my coffee, I asked a simple favor: Play me your favorite song?
Markolee shared first then the girls followed, and one after the other I got a glimpse into their hearts – music has a way of doing just that. I swayed to a Christmas…
Yesterday, one of my little people broke the glass that housed my air plant. I didn’t reprimand or yell ( thank GOD), I simply scooped the plant out from among the shattered glass and placed it on the countertop. This morning, as I searched for something to put it in, I found this glass teapot…
Last week, I kissed my mother and kids goodbye, and drove with Chris to the LifeLine Vascular and Interventional Center for surgery NO. 3 this year. The receptionist greeted me by first name, and instead of the regular book of questions and the fine print that no one reads anyway, she handed me two sheets…
I'm in funky town.The root of my funk is unclear, but I know there are a few contributing factors:It could be that I'm completely frustrated, exhausted and annoyed with living in chronic pain.It could be the new hormones I’m trying to slow the growth of endometriosis.It could quite…
The first time I visited Eden Garden State ParkI didn't know it would become my middle ground.I didn’t know that after each blood work, medical scrutiny, and procedureI would be leaving my doctor’s appointment wearing a cloak of sorrow.
I didn’t know I would be catapulted from one extreme to the next:from the softness of…
My Easter Lilies are blooming—
TWO weeks after Easter.
They are “late” but “on time”
Each one renouncing the calendar
using their own internal time-recorder
to open their white lips and
slowly reveal its inside.Easter Lilies are beautiful,
But they stink
And here, as in life, lies the challenge:
finding the balance—
The beauty in grit .Their stench and their beauty won’t last.
In a matter…