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Poetry Tuesday – Always Hope
When doubts and fears are closing in, And I feel I simply cannot win, Let the Lord be the only portion for me, To clear my blind eyes, so I can see, More deeply the plans He has for my life. We are not guaranteed no hardship or strife, But rather than trying to demand…
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Excerpt from Arianna
The sky was vibrant orange and pink over the lake as Marc and I sat on his couch. “You have a million-dollar view,” I said. “I’d like to think it’s priceless.” I turned toward him and smiled. His right arm was draped around me as I sat with my legs pulled up on the cushions.…
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Poetry Tuesday – Dual Unity
I spiral inward, Extending outward, Spilling out on to myself And folding back in, Placid, breathing life, Life beyond death, Embraced and embracing, Everywhere and in one place, Forever and a mere moment, Blinking away breath From the mirror, Face-to-face, And knowing beyond earthly wisdom, Finality achieved in an instant And captured and set free.…
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Excerpt from Arianna (WIP)
Friday evening, after closing the book, I went to my familiar place at the vanity and sat. My tattered journal was now full, so I reached for the paper bag that held a new one. On the way home from work, I’d taken a detour to a historical part of one of the western suburbs…
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Why Reading Matters: From a Little Girl Who Hated Reading
The second hand seemed to take an eternity to make one lousy rotation. Tick. The minute hand moved the slightest fraction. A minute is forever to a seven-year-old sitting on the living room couch next to her mother, the simple supposed easy-reader book between them. “Go ahead. Sound it out.” The mom’s words could have…
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My Magnum Opus
There, on the tip of my tongue, Like a drop of water After a hundred days of thirst, The words hang… To tell you how beautiful you are. I’m starving to utter something so simple And yet not… For you won’t believe me When I say I see you, Bare to that golden-cracked soul, Your…