Tag Archives: Thankfulness

Well, Love, What Do You Have to Say?

“What do you do to calm her down at night,” her father-in-law asked? “I sing to her,” Annie said. “That’s good,” he said. “You can stand in the doorway and sing all night long,” Annie said. That statement put the plug in it. “Mom, please give me a copy of the lullaby you made upContinue reading “Well, Love, What Do You Have to Say?“

Amazing

The idea of a tattoo had been running through her head every day.  First, she had wanted a bridge over the stream on her ankle.  Then she changed that idea to a stream with seven stepping stones with the letters  c-a-l-l-i-n-g on them.  Finally, this morning she thought of the man who had picked herContinue reading “Amazing“

Track and Field

The woman’s voice whispered in the night  as she stood at her grandson’s bedroom door, filling their heads with her words.  Much later she stood outside her granddaughter’s door and just shook her head, “Please Jesus, just let them get some sleep,” she whispered. The girls had been up for hours playing and disrupting theContinue reading “Track and Field”

The Raven Catharsis

Originally posted on Purple Pennies:
This will be a memorable road trip, I thought, as I was driving down the street admiring the bittersweet beauty of the Garry Oak’s shedding their leaves in a? final burst of red, orange and yellow glory.? My sister and I were traveling four hours away to fling my mother’s…

Goldfish

Love is a choice.  She knows just where she’s going But not how to get there. Forgets to brake before the corner Almost off the road With a shake of the shoulders She steps out to the ditch Lets loose and starts to run Back in the seat, and on again Others report her forContinue reading “Goldfish“