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The most comfortable shoes ever
Supporting me perfectly
They go with everything
I tried the trendy ones once
Then blisters and a backache
I miss my comfy shoes
This road is rocky
Softer steps come
When tenderness is shared
A velvet-lined box
Sparkles
No
A promise
To care and comfort
As the years pass
When fire turns to embers
Warm glows envelope

Unanswerable Questions

For here for now

No yesterday, not tomorrow

This moment

The scent of life
Trees growing, Older, wiser
Sensing connection

Yearning


Hold softly

Loves' golden light

'Til it colors your lips

Taken in with a breath

Immersing your spirit

Be

Easter Awakening

Spending Easter morning
At home on the couch
I ponder people
Telling me
How to feel
What to do with my life
I learned to trust nothing
But my own heart
Judgments of my life
Are not my life
Transparency about
My ever changing inner landscape
Has brought pain
At a level of honesty I crave
I need true colors
From those
I engage with
No family plans today
No What I ought to do
Or ought to have done
No well wisher friends
Pretending to know my heart
I have begun an Awakening
I vow from this moment to
Get out of my own way
To let the love conquer me
The CD I listen to
Titled Boy to Girl
Was made 4 years ago
Ages 7, 7 and 5
Now 11,11 and 9
Boy Girl, Girl
Will no longer dance together
At a Friday Night Dance Party
Held in our living room
On my couch 4 years ago
When this CD first played
How touched in my soul was I
Weeping for joy
I finally found someone
Who got the music
That calls to me
Tear streaked cheeks
Are mine today
This music
Will never be shared again
This passion I shared
Like no other before
Wells up in me
Overflowing my heart with sadness
Memories tug me to notice
And promise my future
To give this passion a voice
If ever such a rare gift
Rides into my neighorhood
When I call to him in thought

88 years of Loving life, the last 25 growing 3 acres of flowers, making wreaths, quilting, canning, jelly making, pressed flower creations, dried flower arrangements, beautiful fresh bouquets and teaching how to honor the earth.
I learned so much being with her these last two years.
I learned that good people do believe in me..
She was one of those women who spread grace and love every place she ever went.
She made you feel at ease just with her presence.
She knew exactly what she wanted and would ask in a way that compelled you to do whatever it took.
The daffodils gave way to peonies and sweet williams..The orange lillies gave way to yarrow and daisies.. then soon there would be coneflower, snap dragons, sea oats, amaranth, bee balm and 30 others and then zinnias and sunflowers finished the season out.
The weeds came and came again and gave us purpose each day.. we would eat berries for breakfast and ride around on a golf cart collecting flowers, fruits and sunburns
Blueberries and blackberries then golden raspberries.. Soon we would pick cherries, then pears and apples.
The grape vines grew and bore fruit for jelly.
She drove me the first year and taught me all she could.. we would quit early when the heat got too high, and lunch on the patio.
She packed salad and orange juice in a jelly jar every day. Sometimes a sandwich.
She shared stories and news of the days work with all who would join us.
She knew I was in need of healing from the moment I met her. She was gentle and loving and hard working.
I think she knew what would happen the second year when she became ill.
She asked me to take on the mission for her. She knew my heart and soul were wounded.
She saw my brokenness and prayed for me daily.
I drove the cart this year and we moved slower.
I really believe she was a Godsend.
She got the cancer diagnosis and sat me down to tell me.. She didn't want others to know so I kept her secret until she would announce she could no longer come
She and Crown Point changed my thinking and my world spiritually, intellectually and emotionally.
I owe her my kick in the tail to become something more than a victim of circumstance and loss.
I began to see myself as more than the tragedy that had been dealt.
During some of the lowest points where I wanted to give up and throw in the towel permanently, she and Crown Point gave me a reason to continue. And brought me peace...Every moment I was there I was safe.
Thank you for saving me from myself and offering grace and healing in a failing world.
You will be missed...Your life impacted mine in ways no-one else ever can.
Love and God be with you!
Sister Laura Wallace O.P.
Peace be yours now!

Observations expressed in poetry, stories and images striving to heighten awareness and create peaceful coexistence.