It's never too late to make a new friend, or to visit someone you love and make lasting memories, or so I learned. It might seem that by the time you've landed in a senior residence facility you might have made all the friends you're going to make in this life. But this wasn't true for Elaine and ...
Pulling Tire
As I pulled into the parking lot of my pediatrician's office, I paused as three women doing fitness training were pulling tires across my path. I've stopped for ducks to cross the road, I've slowed down for wild turkeys and squirrels, but I've never had to put on the brakes for three women pulling ...
Forever Changed
Written for my sister when she had her first child, this poem captures - for me - the incredible change I felt when I became a mother for the first time: Perfect feet, curled in position Newborn smell, you capture me. ...
Stand Still
There are no minutes There are no days Time etches on lengthening, stayed. Can't get it back No clutch and release Hold tight, run through Sandy grains, indeed. ...
Your Plans, My Plans, and God’s Plans
Everyone makes plans they set out to accomplish - from small daily goals on up to career-long desires that take years of planning to execute. ...
Peacemakers [Poem]
Peace is a big deal. When I don't have peace about something, I'm in a state of unrest. My heart--and sometimes my stomach--are in a knot. I can't sleep. I'm distracted. I'm worried. Years back, I had been reading through the Sermon on the Mount in Matthew 5 and the verse, "Blessed are the ...
Friendship, Motherhood, and Dog Years
You know how dog years work, right? For every one year they are alive, it equals about seven years in human years. I often think of this truth in reverse as it applies to my “mom friends,” as I lovingly refer to them. ...
Constant Guide
My heart is staid and true unwavering, constant. Set on track course marked out-- no straying. ...
Summer, I’ll Miss You
For most of us mothers, as the school year edges on, weariness sets in. Christmas comes, then Easter along with the onslaught of spring activities, shows, sports, teacher gifts, and vacation planning. ...
A Crossroads
In the dark hours of the night I won’t give up on you, Even if there's no light To penetrate the blue. ...
Margin
I shared this poem I wrote with my Bible study group this past year. Do you have any margin in your life? Are you good at saying no and leaving space in your life? (I'm not terribly good at leaving margin in my life, hence the poem.) ...
Brown Rice and Baked Potatoes
My family bought its first Litton microwave in the early-80s. My childhood is fraught with memories of microwave experimental cooking such as monkey bread, spam, and macaroni and cheese in that wonderful large humming contraption that even had its own stand in the far corner of our kitchen. ...
