Everyday we have an opportunity. I'm thinking of my two friends. I'm thinking of my friend with cancer and I'm thinking of my friend who feels she is at the end of her rope. My few best friends are facing challenging situations in their lives. As I sit with them, and as I send them [...]
I'm wondering....what does one do when they feel at the end of their rope? I'm thinking of someone I am very, very close to....I've known her all my life. She's a most complex, emotional and passionate person. When she's scared, feels misunderstood, is lost in hopelessness or cornered, she gets angry, an anger that certainly [...]
Trees, Swallows and Carpenter Bees Trees and swallows fill the air As my head tilts cloudward. Like a mother with her baby, My hammock cocoons me, while buzzing carpenter bees build. Summer days on the coast, How lucky to live free and clear, Except for these intruding thoughts! Images of a past world drill like [...]
Let it Be Sed (To children and best friends) She was the sort who couldn’t sit. She’d try, But she couldn’t sit. Her name was wrong. Her parents named her Sedriana. Sedriana Sabastiano. Her friends called her Sed. Others called her SS, Some just hisssssed when they saw her go by. But Sed couldn’t sit, [...]
While in high school I took a part time job at a near by nursing home, (what is the politically correct term now, something or other care facility)?? WhatEVER they're now called, this placed was filled with really old people. I worked with a group of rather merciless seasoned nursing care folks who would test [...]