(Evening update follows the original post.) ***** The surgeon’s assistant finishes his explanation of the procedure and asks, “So do you have any final questions, concerns or requests?” “Yea. My family knows me for having…
Browsing Category on gratitude
unbiased auspices
An hour passes by in minutes before the stranger and I finally inhale from our excited conversation when we are alerted, via a passerby, that the bus we were waiting for has stopped running. We…
silence squeaks
bean and corn field outside of Nebaj Like a child who has witnessed a tragedy beyond their vocabulary of comprehension, my mouth has been closed in silent surrender of the search for fitting words that…
stalker or…
Making her first appearance in the Spain Album… And then quickly popping up again in the Lagos, Portugal pictures… Which smoothly moved into sharing a few hundred miles along The Camino de Santiago Pilgrimage…. And…
sowing seeds
Renee, My time here is coming to a close and I can feel the slight pull and excited unease inside of me that comes at the end of each and every of my 3-month semesters…
In This Life
I once had a Life. And in it there were cream colored carpets, umbrellas, sweet coffees, vacations, white gowns, red roses and a box at the end of my driveway that received in it, each…
Lost in Found
Spain Photogallery There are times in my travels, when I simply stop and sink hard into the present moment. The world, for timeless seconds, spins around me — and in that dizziness, all I can…
i claim them all
She has found yet another minute to put her fingers to practice…. And the update is brief…but inspired. For there is nothing like a momentary, but acute grasp on those few paralyzing, but surprisingly conscious…
Letter to Leah
I roll over and pull the wool blanket closer around my head. I’d adjust the blankets to tuck around my feet…if I had the strength. But I don’t. I don’t have the strength to reach…