Just keep going Even on unsteady limbs The mind Will replace the body When fatigue Wins the day Just keep going Though the day seems lost And pain Has become your constant Let your heart Take the next steps Just keep going A mantra A prayer Words I whisper To remind myself That I can … Continue reading Keep Going #MondayBlogs
Cancer
Hands #wwwblogs
It was nothing, at first A little less energy A little more illness Just another normal In a busy life It transformed To sickness A parade of hospitals And treatments With time passing onward Years were suspended A kind of in-between My body slowly returning An awkward perennial Trying to bloom again But damage was … Continue reading Hands #wwwblogs
Evermore #MondayBlogs
The climb is an endless Everyday One step closer to grace Moving onward into who we are But there is beauty In that struggle and the seeking that carries our feet upward The distance brings revelation and the altitude perspective But it is not the end which calls to us it is our truth that … Continue reading Evermore #MondayBlogs
Sometimes You Can Do Everything Right ~ #MondayBlogs
And it won't matter in ways that you can see it. It can leave you frustrated, scared, lost... Pick an adjective, any one will do. But that doesn't matter, does it? We all know that if we just follow those "right" things, everything will just flow in the way it's supposed to. The problem there … Continue reading Sometimes You Can Do Everything Right ~ #MondayBlogs
Within This Here ~
A woman Whose smile I wear Rests after the climb Though I never knew Her voice or her embrace I carry her On my heart In my DNA I see her face shining Through my children I fight her lost battle And wish Upon a family She left too soon And within These walls Rests … Continue reading Within This Here ~
Skin #wwwblogs
The hours we celebrate This skin that stretches around us Are fleeting at best And the years strip away What has been held before us As beauty We reach a finish line Barely even women anymore Unless we realize Each wrinkle Every scar And those deadly battles won Make us defiantly female Beyond the standards … Continue reading Skin #wwwblogs
The End ~ #MondayBlogs
There are days the veil has left and I stand face-to-face with what comes after and there are nights where a whisper reminds me of the moments that brought me to that precipice and held me suspended between two worlds Knowledge is a dangerous power and foreseeing a cursed gift but for the fear that … Continue reading The End ~ #MondayBlogs
Monsters and Death and All That Happy Stuff #wwwblogs
Moses is down for the count with this viral cold/flu nonsense that's been going around. So, when you're sick and all you can do is nap and lie around, you get to choose a movie around here. He chose to watch "A Monster Calls." I've discouraged both of the kids from watching this one. It … Continue reading Monsters and Death and All That Happy Stuff #wwwblogs
Tea Time
Or, why I think we should all take a break every afternoon. I’ve noticed that stopping work and hitting pause in the mid-afternoon, say, right around 3 after I get home from picking up the kids, recharges my battery. In Canada, tea is still a “thing,” as it is in the United Kingdom. In fact, … Continue reading Tea Time
Into the Sun ~ #MondayBlogs
I run I dive into motion rough mountains rising before me and the sun sinking in its inevitable journey I chase the wind a dream a hope of the future Never accepting weakness defeat A monster pursues me chases my every step walk or run it is there under the bed 'round the corner breathing … Continue reading Into the Sun ~ #MondayBlogs