Aunt Laura, I know how good your pie is, and yes, I’ve always eagerly eaten it and come back for more. But it’s not on my food plan, and no, I won’t even taste, and actually you’re wrong — a […]
Continue reading »For You
1. Why do you write haiku? For you. I can remember Zen Master Seung Sahn answering the question “Why do you sit?” with those two words. I gave his response an unspoken one word – “jerk.” It took me decades to […]
Continue reading »Substance of Things Hoped For
Now faith is the substance of things hoped for, the evidence of things not seen. ~ Hebrews 11:1 (KJV) My life is trash, a rubbish heap of broken promises, devoid of hope, worthless shards of possibility. But I sit in […]
Continue reading »Rocking
…rocking my inner child, swaying from side to side. ~ Sharon D. I’m the child in the bassinet, content, talking to the large doll peeking over. The chubby child who ran with the boy called, “Red Rover, Red Rover, let […]
Continue reading »Honestly
Honesty: The complete absence of the intent to deceive. (Definition heard in rooms of recovery) The truth, the whole truth, nothing but the truth? Sure. I swear. Nothing I say will not be true. Whole? Have you Googled any subject? […]
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