After raising a family, running a child care program, and being married for over 27 years. It’s been three years now that I’ve lived alone for the first time in my life. While there are definitely ups and downs, positives, and negatives. One of the hardest things to get used Read more…
I mentioned yesterday how I wrote a lot of poetry when I was a teenager. One of the great regrets of my life is that most of those were lost during a move while married to my first husband. I can still picture the binder they were in, and it Read more…
New haiku: Sunshine through the cloudsSunshine through the clouds, Like a ray of hope shining, For my broken heart 6-3-23
The good memories, Can make me smile. The good memories, Can warm my heart. But… Even the good memories, Hurt sometimes. Even the good memories, Can make me cry.
Sometimes… Sometimes I feel, I’m going to be okay. Sometimes I feel, I’ll never be okay again. Sometimes I think, I am super strong. Sometimes I feel, Like I’m falling apart. Sometimes I wonder, If I’ll survive this storm. Sometimes I’m afraid, Of opening my heart. Sometimes I think… Sometimes Read more…
Suddenly Suddenly, The possibility, Of love, Was there again. Looking at me. Something new, And exciting. I was scared, To feel again. I stepped out, Grabbed your hand, And took a chance. November 22nd, 2022 Opened my Heart I opened my heart, For the first time, Since losing you. It Read more…
When my grandpa passed away a few years ago, my grandma asked me to write a poem for his funeral. It was difficult to write a poem under those circumstances, but I did. A couple of years later, I got an idea for a poem for my grandma, so I Read more…
Just.Stop.It Stuck in my head, Lost and alone, Can’t stop thinking, Overthinking, Mind swirling, Thoughts twirling, Never stopping, Always going, Won’t shut down, Won’t shut up. Just.Stop.It.