Your Love is True How can you stand it to be near me with all you can and do see? The ugliness, mistakes I continue to make, just how much more will you take? I'll never be enough, just plenty ragged and rough. Yet, here you are, by my side, even when I've… Continue reading Your Love is True
Moving Through the Storm
Moving Through the Storm Swept away by the torrential storm, no place to plant my shaking feet. I'm cold and the rain's beating down. I'm torn. I wanna give up. Maybe I just need a seat. My legs and heart feel too heavy, I have fallen hard to the ground. Worry and… Continue reading Moving Through the Storm
Two Rejections and a Double Rainbow
I had planned on talking about finally scraping up the courage to resume querying for one of my works of fiction. Though I received two query rejections I had sent that afternoon a couple of weeks ago, I saw a double-rainbow and thought, I just need to wait for the right literary agent to come… Continue reading Two Rejections and a Double Rainbow
Kiss 2020 ‘Goodbye’
No one saw anything as huge as a pandemic coming as we bade farewell to 2019, this time last year. At least I hadn't. Ushering out one year and welcoming another hadn't seemed like that big a deal. But, now, in the final hours of 2020, I don't want to wholesale dump the year as… Continue reading Kiss 2020 ‘Goodbye’
Gratitude with Attitude
I'm keeping this short, because we're still in the middle of family time.... No matter how undesirable circumstances may be, gratitude should never be remiss. Here's some of what I'm grateful for this Thanksgiving Day: With COVID-19 restrictions in place, we had our Thanksgiving feast at home, just us. With excellent help, meal preparation wasn't… Continue reading Gratitude with Attitude