While watching the series, Ted Lasso, with my husband the other evening, Ted’s words caught my attention: “I love our family… no matter what it looks like.” Not being an avid Ted Lasso watcher, I stopped what I was doing and played those words over in my head. They tugged at some of the strings … Read more
We’ve emerged from underwater After the plummet But we had almost drowned The old us lie at the bottom of the ocean We had to let them sink, they were weighing us down Treading is tiring Sometimes we float Like driftwood on the waves Energy has to be preserved We’re not out yet Just merely … Read more
I’ll think of her when the sparrows whistle at 4:00 When the traffic echoes the relentlessness of living And the gardener collects the tree’s lost dreams I’ll think of her when the kettle whines, about to overflow And as we take our shoes off at the front door I’ll think of her when my gown … Read more
I poured my love into her, lacking limitation or reticence From the moment I knew she was hidden inside of me, till the day she was born, through her life, and now. I said to her, whispered in her ear, “You are everything now. I’ll love you forever.” And those words will linger on my … Read more
I looked into her eyes and it terrified me – in the most beautiful way, because in them I saw so much depth, so much life, so much understanding, such that did not align with that of a 10-day-old baby. She held my gaze. She looked right back into my eyes. I kept telling her … Read more