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Creative Writing > Poetry Poetry: Awaiting wonder: 1 of 17

The Coma My breath swayed then hovered above my helpless slumbered face I knew not where it was going nor could I summon it home as I looked upon The body my breath has left behind It was the winter of that year when things die only to be reborn And, it was lonely as the silver dust of moonlight settled coldly on the night I...
Creative Writing > Essays Essays: Hope: 3 of 29

The mind is its own place, and in itself can make Heaven of Hell or a Hell of Heaven -Milton Life has a way of molding and reinventing us as trauma, crisis and drama infuse our lives. But, underneath, at the core, is who we are. It's that short timeline from birth through school age. The beginning of our journey is when we f...
Creative Writing > Poetry Poetry: Without you: 30 of 221

Missing Mom My hands are too tall to effortlessly slide into her petite gray gloves I knew they would be But I try regardless and like a dead end street my long fingers halt way too soon with no where to turn around So, I back out slowly feeling the waves of where her essence had been And, in my heart, a scatter like dandeli...
Creative Writing > Reflections Reflections: Dreaming of a better life: 2 of 12

Gypsy Girls For a while we lived in a different world than most of our friends and family. We were happy but most people doubted that. We were survivors. We looked at crisis as an opportunity to see what you are really made of. It was an odd existence that most misunderstood like the classmates from the children's school tha...
Religion & Spirituality > Spirituality (Other) Reflections: Thoughts on spirituality: 13 of 33

God Is A Pink Flamingo My granddaughter Ashley was 12 years old this year and one present she had asked for was a trip to a store called "Build A Bear". This is a fun, adventurous little store that looks exactly what you would expect a Santa's Workshop to look like. The name "Build-A-Bear", however, is kind of deceiving beca...
Health & Fitness > Medical Concerns & Issues The dangers of medication: 7 of 16

Compassion or Control? Hospice is a term most of us have heard but very few know a lot about it. I've been in the disability field a long time but had no personal experience with hospice, that is, until I came face to face with it a few months ago. One of my daughters was diagnosed with terminal cancer. She came home from tr...
Creative Writing > Poetry Poetry: Wondering & wandering: 9 of 16

BELIEVE You don't have to be a singer To sing a song, You don't have to be a song To be sung You don't have to have wings In order to fly, You don't have to fly To reach the sky You don't have to have a road To take a trip, You don't have to have an ocean To steer your own ship You don't have to hear To feel the sound, You d...
Creative Writing > Poetry Poetry: My inner struggle: 46 of 69

Little Love Lost She walks in beauty So dark and deep Under stars that shimmer Does she walk to seek She talks to the Spirits With her desperate whispers She asks for solace For her hearts silent whimpers She sees not her Soul's Own blinding light For it's covered in shroud Woven of sorrows might She knows of the Journey It'...
Creative Writing > Poetry Poetry: Sincere: 6 of 7

The Wish The storms rush in and The boats crash upon the shore How I wish for a Father's wisdom The struggles mount and I climb the highest mountain How I wish for a Father's proud voice Babies are ushered in and Fill me with wonder How I wish for a Father's conversation My life is joy and sorrow, contentment And laughter Ho...
Relationships & Family > Parents How we eventually become replicas of our parents: 8 of 8

Afterglow My earliest memory of Daddy is watching him plow furrows in our field with an old gray mule named Jack. Jack was not fond of his work and was soon replaced with a little red tractor with huge wheels on the back and a tall metal pipe that puffed smoke as it meandered its way up and down the pasture. I would play hap...