PASSAGES IN CAREGIVING,Turning Chaos into Confidence, by Gail Sheehy I never thought about becoming a caregiver. Most people probably don’t. It just happens. I told mom that I wouldn’t want to do this for anyone else. In any case, when I realized what my new role was, I called upon Gail Sheehy to explain the … Continue reading
A Love That is Wild
I discovered Terry Tempest Williams recently, in a book my mother gave to me. It’s a wisdom book without a name, full of wonderful words and pictures. I asked her (my mother) to dedicate it to me, and she did, so now it is mine, and I will carry it with me from now on, … Continue reading
A Letter to My Dad
My sister saves all the treasures of our family, so I call her our archivist. She handed me this letter I wrote to my dad when I had just turned 14. It tells so much about what was going on in our lives at that time (a big move from New England to Florida, and … Continue reading
BODY BEAUTIFUL
BODY BEAUTIFUL I love you, body~ Thank you for serving me faithfully all these many years, for never deserting me, even when I thought badly of you~ that you were ugly… or shameful. I love you, body~ I’m sorry I forgot about you so often and treated you so carelessly as if I had another … Continue reading
Feelin’ My Way Through the Darkness
Writing 101 ~ Day 3: Write about your favorite song “Feeling my way through the darkness Guided by a beatin’ heart I can’t say where the journey will end But I know where it starts.” I love this song by Avicii. So do 448 million other people. It’s called WAKE ME UP. I remember when … Continue reading
A ROOM with A VIEW
Writing 101: A Room with a View Today’s assignment: “If you could zoom through space in the speed of light, what place would you go to right now? The twist~ organize your post around the description of a setting.” I love the room I’m sitting in right now…I’m in the full sun, watching the clouds … Continue reading