OVERWHELMING
April 02, 2024
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OVERWHELMING
I’ve been told that I am overwhelming
I’m not quite sure what that means
And yet I do
I see the possible
and try to make it so
Not believing obstacles
Seeing long paths with handles
and gaps that shrink if
I just move fast enough
I am holding the hand of my grandmother
as we walk in spots where warmth
has melted the i...
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THE WOMEN OF PURLIE VICTORIOUS
February 07, 2024
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EXCERPT FROM AN ARTICLE IN BROADWAYWORLD.
Dad passed away on February 4, 2005. Every time I go to the Music Box Theatre to see his play I get the chance to visit with him again. I am surrounded by his words and feel as if he is talking just to me. If I listen hard enough, I hear his voice and believe that he and my mother know that I am there. On...
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HAPPY NEW YEAR
January 01, 2024
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The year is young
And already I have learned that intentions are
Spectrums of boundless opportunities
To try again
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SELF JOY AND WONDER
December 04, 2023
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There was a time when I didn’t sense the danger
I didn’t double check or seem to care
about the what ifs of
jumping on a motorcycle
pushing myself to the front of a crowd
or diving deep into the ocean
I know that part of me is still within
My eyes widen and my skin erupts
When I notice the chance
To take a chance
But I have tucked it...
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LESSONS, PRAYERS, AND GUIDANCE
November 19, 2017
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How and when do you learn what is important? I ask that question from the perspective of an adult who learned about what is important from my parents and subsequently taught those lessons to my children. Lessons that were co-mingled with those learned by my husband from his parents. Lessons that I revise in my head for the grandchildren I hope to h...
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