Tag Archives: Gift

I ran from my dream – May 30

5.30.2017 I ran from my dream frightened and denying the images of my mortality   body withering skinnier each day the muscles outlined and my lover aware,   that I thought I would have more time, twenty more plenty enough … Continue reading

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christmas 2016

12.24.2016 In quiet moments a child is born into a world raging with confusion, fear, and lines of dread.   only a gift from outside can still the hearts within. Christmas 2016 Len Freeman  —————–

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audition – November 22

11.17.2016 he was angry the first time he came with his small son and a big chip on his shoulder.   an angry dad, mid divorce, ticked at the women who might turn him away.   and his son got … Continue reading

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tunnels of trees – November 5

10.23.2016 tunnels of trees gold, flame, fading browns fill us as we drive.   my heart slows back to times when we piled then crunched   ourselves into the musky crisp that held them and wrapped around us.   we’d … Continue reading

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you get one day – August 2

8.2.1016 you get one day at a time   to do what you can   or are gifted to do   by the grace of God   and that’s enough. ——————–

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the ‘practice’ of medicine – June 17

6.17.2016 the doctor walks out to the lobby   patients wait for his wisdom   which he knows is less than they wish.   how do we find hope when   the body has taken a left turn   the … Continue reading

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backyard smiles – May 30

5.30.2016 voices and smiles spread throughout the back yard while brats grill beer foams and the family connects.   people gave their lives so that we could do this and not have to look out for secret police bad banditos … Continue reading

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lanyap – April 22

4.22.2-16 lanyap, grace, friends appear out of time gone by and forward   we drop in to each other’s lives, over the transoms of time and place gifts of the One. ———————

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waiting for my lover – February 25

2.25.2016 waiting for my lover, anxious, agitated needy   until she arrives present, warm, generous.   how could I have been so blessed to find and be found. ————–

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stopping and stepping – February 24

2.24.2016 stopping and stepping into each others lives is the gift we give and receive from the One   who loves us all. ————-

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