Don't Stop

 

 

 

- Look at this lamb -

 

She appears to be very tenacious

about getting her "shepherd's" attention

and her Shepherd doesn't seem to mind.

 

Do you have a "Shepherd"

to 

go to when times are hard

when you're afraid

when you've lost all hope?

 

I do.

His name is Jesus.

 

“I am the good shepherd; I know my sheep and my sheep know me— just as the Father knows me and I know the Father—and I lay down my life for my sheep." John 10:14,15 

 

Things in your life may never change.

But you can change.

And that, I have come to believe,

is what love just might be:

 

a changed individual

a changed world. 

 

Pray without ceasing. 

Go to the Shepherd and never lose hope in Him.

Seek to grow into a kinder soul.

Do no harm.

Grow.

 

I am closing my blog now

but you can find me on Instagram.

Love you all.

 

 

 

 

 

Consider This

 

 

 

We are broken.

 

But guess what?

 

All you have to do is look out your window

 

or 

 

be even more daring:

 

go outside 

 

and 

 

examine the flowers of the field.

 

 

 

For most of us, the landscape is barely

 

waking up 

 

from a long death

 

yet your eyes do not deceive you.

 

Life rises again.

 

 

 

If the flower that falls 

 

and 

 

blooms again in such splendor 

 

can ecstatically shout 

Hallelujah

 

then 

 

so can I.

 

Life will rise again.

 

Happy Easter.

 

It was a Beautiful Day

In the neighborhood

Until a seed that had been growing 

for 23 years

in the heart of our neighbor

sprouted up one day

as a thorn 

 as a result of his consistent cultivation

of 

unforgiveness and brokeness.


We were hurt. We were angry.

But now 

we are healing.

I am so grateful. I am beyond joyful to know

that every day I have a chance 

to raise my heart to the sun

like the daisies of the field

and ask for the power 

to love the broken

as I have been loved

for I too am broken. 

We all are. 

Be we can fix it all.  

It's not easy to live out 

but 

it's not that difficult to start:

harbor your ship

in 

gentle waters.

Hate has no place on this journey of mine. 

I want to live.

 

Are You Ready?

We were not.

We were not quite ready 

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to 

let go of each other.

After a phone call from the lab

reporting a "suspicion of cancer"

we 

laughed at the silly stories we tell each

looked out the frosty kitchen window

to admire 

the ordinary finch pecking at the dead flowers

in the broken pots

and we looked up into the black canvas

of night

to discover that

the stars were 

ours.

Hallelujah. 

Thank you for all your emails. All is well.

 

 

 

I Found it 40 Years Ago

Los Angeles - Boston - Minneapolis

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 All these cities have been where 

we've lived.

But no matter when the time comes

that

we will no longer

be together

you will always be

my 

forever home.



To my husband.

 

Twice Upon a December...

She looked under the tinseled 

Norway Spruce.

As a child

she imagined herself

shrinking even smaller than she was

escaping in a Christmas ornament

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and landing

in a 

land of perfect happiness.

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But now as an adult

she has learned that

she can expand beyond 

her size

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right where she's standing

and confidently stride

instead of hide

to discover all the happiness 

the world needs.

Twice upon a time...


It's great to have 

and 

give a second chance.

Just Listen

to what you see.

  Fix your eyes

on what you 

hear.

  Do you taste 

the backward syncopation 

of 

  your life's choreography?

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Does the primeval perfume of the sea

wash over you

does the acrid taste 

of 

of a single rose petal dropping to earth

move you?

Feel the stars on your fingertips

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and 

shine light years

on

someone's life.


  Dedicated to my mother

Grace

long gone

but who loves me still

beyond 

the light years of time.

Après un Rêve

The world needs a fairytale

and

this weekend

somewhere around the world

in 

your hometown

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and in mine

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 someone's love bled 

in praise 

for a forever love

for a child

for a forgotten soul

even for 

an enemy.

I don't know about you

but I know

this is what I was meant to do:

To dream

and to love 

it all out

then witness what happens

after a dream

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It could be argued

that my mind 

is

a ballroom for ghosts

where threadbare netting hosts

my peripheral space

and I hear music 

with my feet.

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is now recorded in light 

with the help of friends

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who have continued the dance after me

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but who've also had to turn off the music

temporarily.

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But the dance moves on

and

what I do for love

is being choreographed 

on a stage of a rare

and luminous timeline.

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So whether in the past or present tense

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Cool As Ice

(This post does NOT reflect my relationship. It is only a translation of a beautiful song with words and photos. You have to hear the music.)

I'm in love with a guy 

who is 

cool as ice

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so much that when the sun 

burns at its zenith

and its fire kindles 

within me

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he knows exactly

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how to  

cool me off.

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His exquisite touch puts me in

ecstasy

  

 and his kiss is a libation
 

that stirs within my cup

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 that sets me free onto

calm waters of pleasure.

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I'm addicted

to the relief he brings me

so much that I have become 

summer itself

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just as an excuse to riot in
 

his icy embrace.

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I'm in love with a guy who is

cool as ice

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and the sun of my summer

has now set.

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Winter

 has now risen above me

however

taking my heart with it

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and leaving me cold. 

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I'm in love with a guy who is

cold as ice

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in whose frigid waters

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I have over-indulged.

I have become 

like him

and my love has melted 

to nothing.

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Absolutely 

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