Orange Elephants

Orange Elephants

The other day Dylan, my older son was talking to Sean, my seven year old son about the use of word association to remember important things.  In trying to explain it, he said, ” I was having this same conversation with Mom the other day. Do you remember...
Tears Are A Language

Tears Are A Language

When I was really young,  about 7 years old, I was at a school picnic.  The day was beautiful and everything seemed so happy around me and the air was clean and fresh and the weather was pristine  and then suddenly the day turned on me. My “friend”...
Heart Friends

Heart Friends

 Heart friends.  That’s what I call them.  You know – those are the kind of friends that are easily connected to your heart.  I have a few of them. I have a few of them here and a few of them scattered across the globe. Yesterday was...
Healing Tears

Healing Tears

The other day when I walked out of Walmart I was literally struck with a sky that took my breath away. I love beautiful skies.  They move me. They get me right in the heart.  But this one was different on so many levels. I NEEDED what I saw. I snapped a...
Cancer

Cancer

Everywhere I look I see cancer.  I see cancer in the sky, in the air, in the sun.  Every moment fills my mind with all the hurt and pain of what I see my father in law going through right now.  I try to look ahead. I try to think of something to say...
It’s Not Too Late

It’s Not Too Late

My life is literally like a roller coaster these days.  It’s amazing how many emotions one can feel in a day, in an hour, in a moment.  Writing is what I do when my soul is disturbed; when my heart is hurting. It soothes me.  It takes all the jumbled...