Dreams
Maybe
Maybe isn’t meant to be long-term. It’s a temporary place. You can hang out there for a little while, play around with the possibilities, wonder about the what ifs……..but then you have to decide and move on. Maybe can be a time of rest and figuring out and gathering your thoughts but maybe won’t make…
Read MorePossibility
My son is doing what I always wanted to do. Yesterday he flew to Colorado with one bag, a backpack, and no job. Last year he drove from our home in Alabama to a little town in Texas. He had a job waiting there but that was all. After the job ran out, he came…
Read MoreSomeday
Someday I’ll write that book. I’ll travel when I have more money. Next year I’ll learn a new language. I’ll go back to school when I have more time. I’ll reconnect with my friend soon. Monday I’ll start eating healthier and exercising. Someday I’ll patch things up with my dad. Tomorrow I’ll apologize to my…
Read MoreMama
Mom’s wait was over one year ago today. Her last breath left her while all of us were gathered around her at home, holding her hands, telling her we love her, crying because we knew we’d miss her, but rejoicing that her fight for breath was finished. We lived in Chattanooga, Tennessee when I was…
Read MoreFloat
This photo was taken on an extraordinarily beautiful day in September. Septembers are normally hot and humid here in North Alabama but this day was more like a mild Spring day. I noticed a tiny feather stuck on a long blade of grass. A baby bird probably lost it when he took flight from the…
Read MoreDecide
I like to have a plan. Even if I don’t have it written down I like to have an idea about how I’m going to accomplish something. Sometimes I hold back from making a decision because I don’t have a detailed plan. I’m not going to do that anymore. Don’t let the absence…
Read MoreWrite
Anne Lamott wrote in Bird by Bird “To be a good writer, you not only have to write a great deal but you have to care. You do not have to have a complicated moral philosophy. But a writer always tries, I think, to be part of the solution, to understand a little about life…
Read MoreDisturb
I read this prayer by Sir Francis Drake years ago and fell in love with it. I found a copy of it recently when cleaning my nightstand. On top of my nightstand is a beautiful mess of favorite books, Bibles, journals, and pens. A notebook that I don’t open often is there too. It stands…
Read MoreMore
I want more. Sometimes I don’t want more. Sometimes I’m fine with how things are. Then I’m reminded how much more I need by my angry shout or judgmental comment. A dark thought or harmful words. Not doing my best. Not giving my all. Fearful or prideful. Careless or hopeless. Lazy, stingy, or controlling. Thinking…
Read MoreWait
Mom told me last week that she feels like she is on hold. In a season of waiting. All the time. She waits for the Hospice nurse. She waits for her bath and for someone to get her meals. She waits for her daughters to call and waits for someone to visit. She waits for…
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