writings on life

February 3, 2021

Snowflakes

If these snowflakes could talk I wonder what they’d say They are a rare sight here Gentle and so beautiful Tameless I find myself stopping to peer They float, they dance, they change direction mid-air Like reckless squirrels walking the telephone wire or dodging the streets Or like 8 billion people traversing the earth Do…
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February 1, 2021

Hospital Ocean

I’m in an ocean But it’s not blue Unless you consider the actual blues Depression and the color of the pills we use to treat it Panic surrounds me I feel defeated There’s little sun Behind these four walls and the computer screens The people here look to me But I’m no one The constant…
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January 30, 2021

Jiu Jitsu

If you’d told me 10 years ago that I’d be doing jiu jitsu at this time in my life, I wouldn’t have believed you. More so, if you’d told me I’d be doing jiu jitsu with my pastor’s son’s wife, I really wouldn’t have believed you. I also get to do jiu jitsu with my…
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January 27, 2021

Letter to Lisa

Hi Lisa, I’m a Lisa Scottoline fan. My discovery of you was pure serendipity. I was at the small local library in Norfolk, Virginia on a Saturday afternoon, two years ago. As my eyes hovered the bookshelves, they fell upon the purple-blue cover and yellow words of Someone Knows. I have to admit, I sort…
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January 25, 2021

January

January has to be the most disliked month of the 12 in the year. Since I was a kid, I’ve been fascinated by time, seasons, weather. Even now, the passage of time in particular fascinates me. It’s often bittersweet; at other times it’s purely sad and yet at other times it’s joyful. The passage of…
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January 22, 2021

The Baby

You may think that’s a waterfall Or maybe a rat in the wall It very well could be the latter Either way, we’re sleep deprived, so what does it matter There’s a puddle at my feet And a furry bundle at your head We long for sleep but find none in this bed There’s a…
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January 20, 2021

The Peanut Butter Falcon

I just watched one of the best movies I’ve seen – probably ever. It’s called The Peanut Butter Falcon. It came out in 2019. I’m not one to watch a lot of movies. Few of them actually hold my attention. But this one held me. It also pulled quite strongly on the chordae tendinae (the…
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January 17, 2021

On Finding a Spouse

I’m not an expert so I won’t pretend But I’ll share what I do know My own experiences – my daily trend So many want love So many want a true friend So I say friendship is the best place to begin We’ve been married nearly 8 years now Me and the man I love…
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January 13, 2021

Praise

I want to write for You, to write to You To shout and dance and exude your praise To run, to bow down, to fall in worship But it’s hard sometimes to find my voice – for when I think of You, You take my breath away In awe I’m here Like a child who…
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January 6, 2021

Doctor S

I saw him walking down the hallway as I came out of the bathroom. He was headed in the same direction as me. I assumed he was going to talk to the office manager again, about something new. He’s an altogether adorable man, the way a little girl would adore her grandfather. He is a…
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