There Is A Time

Human greatness does not lie in wealth or power, but in character and goodness, and all people have faults and shortcomings, but all of us are born with a basic goodness. – Anne Frank Where Goodness Rests There is a hunger deep inside of us. I believe this emptiness is the place where goodness rests. … Continue reading “Where Goodness Rests”

There is more power in unity than division.–Emanuel Cleaver The American flag flies in front of my little house, waving bold colors for all to see. Divided, though the stripes are, the lines drawn have beauty that can make the strongest among us weep in unity and love. I fly it there because I feel … Continue reading “Appointed with Truth”

“I imagine that ‘yes’ is the only living thing.”— e.e. cummings To Be Now At this moment, I hear the sounds of practice and passion I once knew. They pour from a stranger’s guitar, filling the space before me. The voice singing softly in the room stirs the memory of someone intensely alive, someone I … Continue reading “A Moment”

There is no greatness where there is no simplicity, goodness, and truth.- Leo Tolstoy Red, Black, and Blue Red, black, and blue. Hurt, injured. Broken? Oh, where is the grace that we asked God to shed on thee? Red, black, and blue. Wounded, are we still free? Can’t it be? Although this impact is so … Continue reading “Red, Black, and Blue”

“As long as the world is turning and spinning, we’re gonna be dizzy and we’re gonna make mistakes.” – Mel Brooks Hold On. Happy New Year. The world keeps turning.Some of us smile; some of us suffer as we ride its spin. I live with confusion and fear,yet I am warm and well fed. I … Continue reading “Hold on, Happy New Year”

What to say? I can, of course, think what I want, just like everyone else. I simply have to refrain from saying everything I think.- Margrethe II of Denmark So the gray day is slipping into a heavy and mournful night, and I am sitting here at my kitchen island, and my computer is … Continue reading “What to say?”

“The voyage of a lifetime starts at the windowsill.” ― Khang Kijarro Nguyen (Is the voyage halted there too?) Give Me Blue Sky Give me the blue sky, on a warm autumn day, to frame the fading green and give me a window, open halfway. Let me bask in the stillness of this day and … Continue reading “Give Me Blue Sky”

“Summertime. It was a song. It was a season. I wondered if that season would ever live inside of me.” ― Benjamin Alire Sáenz, Last Night I Sang to the Monster August Is Green When the day is inviting and warm, yet full of both promise and reminiscence, it is unsettling to be on the … Continue reading “August Is Green”

“We’re all islands shouting lies to each other across seas of misunderstanding.” ― Rudyard Kipling, The Light That Failed It is a beautiful spring day today. I see shadows of the wispy, waking trees on the side of the garage. I hear the vibrant conversations of feathered friends. I feel the cool breeze on my … Continue reading “Spring Promise”

“You were a fire that burned away everything I knew, and I was born in the ashes.” William C. Hannan It is February.There are hearts and flowers to deliver.And if you are Catholic, as I am, there are ashes traced on foreheads. Love and ashes.What do they ask of us? I think of fire.Of embers … Continue reading “Love and Ashes”

If the only prayer you said in your whole life was, “thank you,” that would suffice. ~Meister Eckhart “I wish you a Thanksgiving where you see a state of nothing. Not a “nothing” that lacks meaning but rather one that is a window toward a light. A light that brings you clarity, satisfaction and peace.”- … Continue reading “An Impression of Thanksgiving”

All the art of living lies in a fine mingling of letting go and holding on.- Havelock Ellis When is letting go and holding on the same thing? I think I am doing both right now. I remember when I was about eight years old, I went to the zoo with my younger sister and … Continue reading “Thin String”

I was fortunate enough to travel to the Redwood National and State Parks in July this past summer. My recollection of the energetic and wild Pacific Ocean leaves me with a feeling of reverence and uncertainty. This place is ever-changing, and it holds very little of substance. Tides roll in and out, washing the beaches … Continue reading “Time Enough to Love.”

We are family. We are devotion. We are love. We are humanity.

Life is 10% what you make it and 90% how you take it – Irving Berlin

When reality shifts, what then?

I’ve heard about heartstrings. I’ve probably sung about them. I don’t think I quite understood them until today. Heartstrings tie us to others. They are real. I felt mine today. Being human is being connected to others. It is love, sacrifice, and the absolute forfeiture of us that brings about “we”. It is in the … Continue reading “Heartstrings”

“Don’t look back, you’re not going that way!”- If only I’d known how many turns she’d take!- 7/2015 Are We Turning the Corner? Yesterday, truly, I felt paused and in an anxious halt. My child didn’t want to talk about what was to come. They seemed paralyzed in the moment. I felt frustrated and confused. … Continue reading “Turning A Corner”

Trust, when the colors fall on the page they will look like a feeling.

Update: Joy, this has followed this daughter from the start of her life apart from me. As her mother, I am still being fed with her dreams. 7/2015 There is joy in a morning, any morning. It is the start of a new day. The beginning of something, maybe something magnificent and unexpected. There is … Continue reading “Joy”

I don’t think that I’m alone in this. Parting with clothes is not easy to do for me. Obviously neither is it a manageable task for my oldest daughter! I don’t like to separate from the time that something fit me, looked fine on me or furnished me with convenience or fashion. I don’t like … Continue reading “Clothes”

I tried this. Here it is. Mother A mother sits on the cusp on something different. Beginning something new to her, yet familiar to so many others. Counting the days, hours, and moments till quiet replaces footsteps. Dreaming of what she wishes for them and wondering what she might remember about … Continue reading “Daily Prompt: A to Zo”

“The precision of naming takes away from the uniqueness of seeing.” – Pierre Bonnard Memories for me are very visual. I am a visual learner and thinker. I think in images and pictures. My children are both listeners. I’m certain their memories are in the form of music, voices and sound. My mind conjures up … Continue reading “There Are Places “I” Remember”

“Yea, I shall return with the tide.”- Kahlil Gibran, The Prophet I had not thought about the tide and how it brings things back. Again, if only I’d known! I didn’t. I don’t know if I’d have felt differently then. I know I do now.- 7/2015 I’ve named this Blog spot, “There Is A Time”, … Continue reading “About A Month Or So”