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Tag Archives: grace
memorial day – May 27
5.27 The beloved face at the door will I see it again. So I stop and wave her back for an extra kiss before beginning my walk around the block. Morbid I know. Memorial Day notices bring out the … Continue reading
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Tagged appreciation, grace, hope, love, Memorial Day, mortality, normality
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she looks tired – May 13
5.13 She looks tired, the weary weight of new work, new kitchen and old boy leaving the nest, is more freight than a soul can bear as toll. Stress feels so strong that we can’t talk about it. As … Continue reading
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Tagged caring, grace, Mental Health, motherhood, partners, stress, weariness
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rosie cat – May 3
Rosie cat climbs onto the boy’s lap and snuggles in, her ample flank flexing rhythmically while she tucks her head under an arm, safe, warm and contented. It does not matter that he is typing on the laptop. She … Continue reading
passing through – April 29
4.29 he drives off without a goodbye, vague friend of only a brief while on the island of no dreams where lost souls go to rest up and catch a new breath or start or whatever will play … Continue reading
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Tagged distance, Divine grace, forgiveness, friendship, goodbyes, grace, letting go, lost dreams, paradise lost, Psychology, second chances, separation, souls, understanding, wariness
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he’s washing the dishes – April 23
4.21 he’s washing the dishes. a man shouldn’t do that. it’s embarrassing. the other kid’s dad’s don’t. it’s women’s work. I hide my head. I stand at the sink now years later and see my mother’s hands raw, cracked, … Continue reading
bad dog – April 9
4.9 Bad dog. The baleful head, already lowering, turns a sideways eye up to my accusation, and then ever so softly and gently, lets the missing half of my salmon ‘n cheese sandwich drop to the floor. It must … Continue reading
grace is needed – March 30
3.30 The mother raccoon bites the head of her cub with no eyes. The demand of evolution, to kill the weakest, strange, deformed, so that the fittest survive. The different child at school picked upon almost — we hope … Continue reading
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