
Christmas vs. Easter
Christmas comes as the darkness grows. Easter comes after the darkness is complete. At Christmas, we light candles in the Continue reading
Christmas comes as the darkness grows. Easter comes after the darkness is complete. At Christmas, we light candles in the Continue reading
As Mom came around the corner and saw it, she gasped, stumbled against me and started to cry. “There are Continue reading
It’s the hardest Christmas ever. This year mere darkness seems trivial. Hundreds of thousands are sick and dying, and the Continue reading
Two women bend over the bed. The room is dark. They stretch like dancers towards his face, reaching to touch Continue reading
I kneel in soft, long grass. Sweet bushes arch overhead. The lilac scent colors the quiet like puffs of magical Continue reading
[Painting: The Best Of Dreams, by Liliya Garipova] It happened while I was jogging on a wooded path Continue reading
[Part II of “Inner Rooms”] If I were singing the poem of my husband’s life, I’d sing of his laughing Continue reading
April 23, 2010 Two weeks ago I watched my mother die. She was 87. Old people die, but this terminal Continue reading