Gentle. Soft. Delicate.

Today it is raining.
Today I wish I was cuddled up on the couch under a big blanket with a cup of tea… watching the raindrops drip down as they hit my window.
Today I wish I could be still.
And silent.
Watch the sky, watch the clouds. Hear the clouds rumble as they make more raindrops to hit [...]

Realer than the reality that put me here in the first place

Today I am so aware of my humanity.
I am so aware of my failures, that in me that causes others pain. That in me that feels pain from them too. That in me that is real… raw… feeling. That in me that ignores reality and carries on regardless.
Funny, that part of me that is so [...]

One day left of winter

Goodbye:
- rad black stockings
- raindrops when I’m sleeping
- baby-doll coat
- Palmer’s Cocoa Butter
- puddles on the pavement
- long, long scarves
- noisy (p)leather jacket that screeches when I move
- cold hands when I’m typing
- orange light of the heater turned up to three
- don’t-know-where-I-found-you-duck-handle umbrella
- constant threat of flu
- electric blanket and the weird dreams it brings
- wipers on [...]

Sentences uttered while I was in the room

Someone once told me they saw longing in my eyes.
They told me they saw a little pain in my eyes, too. They thought it was related to my father. I wondered if they were just guessing.
My father once told me I had an old soul. He said he had a young one. Or maybe he [...]

Eating humble pie

In learning and practising humility, you can become annoyed that other people aren’t trying as hard as you to humble themselves and put others (read: you) first.
And then you realise - in your caring - you’re not really humble at all.

Ticket to ride

I think of adventure, and my mind goes to love. I don’t know if that’s illustrative of my being a woman, but to me, any adventure that’s going to open my eyes and my mind is one worth sharing with my heart.
You and I spoke about travelling tonight, and immediately I felt my heart wake [...]

Here is a little story I didn’t intend to write

Right now, I am fascinated by the seemingly random paths life takes us down, by the strangers God puts in our lives, or perhaps, those we put there ourselves. For, when we first meet, we are all strangers. We are all new, foreign to one another. We do not know who someone is to become [...]