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Drowning 19 Aug 2013 | 03:56 am
Once when I was around 9 years old, I was drowning and my Dad saved me. Dad My Dad stopped drinking for good around the time I turned seventeen years old. Maybe too late to be a good dad to my sist...
Moonstruck 25 Jul 2013 | 02:18 am
Last night around 11PM I quickly climbed outside my second-story bedroom window onto the roof that sits above the kitchen addition. The roof is narrow and flat and covered in rubber. I was in a hur...
Play-Dates. From Benign Neglect to Manic Management--Longing for a Middle Ground 28 Jun 2013 | 07:40 pm
Reblogged from mammaste ~ divinity in the everyday: Not long ago I asked Connie, the woman with whom I have been in a serious “play-date” relationship for a couple of years, if she had any regular pl...
My Message in a Digital Bottle . . . 11 Jun 2013 | 06:55 am
When publishing an essay here on my blog, or posting a photo, a favorite saying or a funny story on Facebook I imagine myself writing them on real paper. I smile as I see myself rolling them up tightl...
Pollyanna 25 May 2013 | 11:54 pm
I am known for seeing hearts in nature and collecting photos of them. I also see beauty everywhere. Everywhere. To the point where I might make you want to throw-up a little bit. I once had someone w...
An Open Apology To My Eldest Daughter 12 May 2013 | 07:41 pm
Reblogged from mammaste ~ divinity in the everyday: There is a sweet little drawing of a smiling face scribbled on the wall next to my bed. The artist is my youngest child when she was about three yea...
Me, Davy Jones and Saving the World. The First Earth Day, April 22, 1970 22 Apr 2013 | 09:37 pm
Then there was the box with the electric-yellow knit poncho and, holy of holies, the Monkees album I had longed for FOREVER; "More of the Monkees." There they were, Michael, Peter, Davy and Micky--all...
The Extraordinary in the Ordinary 15 Apr 2013 | 04:34 am
Sometimes at night I hear my youngest pad into our bedroom to sip water from the glass on the nightstand next to me. As she did this last night, I pulled her into our bed and she giggled with joy. Whe...
You Were Born For This Moment 2 Feb 2013 | 09:29 pm
We often think the meaningful stuff of life will happen for us in big ’Ah-Ha’ moments when we suddenly see what our purpose is, discover our passion or perceive why we are here so we can get down to ...
The Story of Any of Us is the Story of All of Us. 14 Jan 2013 | 02:27 am
Two children, bright and beautiful, suddenly, separately and unexpectedly passed away this week in neighboring communities. One a sweet little 8-year-old boy with the face of a freckled angel, the oth...