Anxiety burnsan acidic devouring confidence impaled –mind wanders to childhood dreamsuncovers fear’s origin. (Tuesdays, I borrow from Twitter @Vjknutson. I came across this tanka written in May/21 that seemed to match with the image I recently posted on my other blog. I decided to pair them here.)
We wait at the station, Mother and I,one final stop for her – painless she prays;I busied at bedside – prolonged goodbye –memories and regrets filling our days. “We live too long,” she wearily proclaims“Why must suffering linger till the end?”I plea and bargain, call angelic names,yet the will to survive refuses to bend. The […]
There are mouse bitssplayed across the sunroomstuck to my favourite throw rug and great globs of glue The trap my husband setto catch the recent invasionapparently lured the hunterfor she, stiff legged andface matted, is skulkingelsewhere I stepped on a gluey biteyes not yet openbefore notingthe disarray Hard to concentratewhen a tail detachedfrom a thigh […]
Moments that turn in a lifetime’s memories–well done V.J.! ❤
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Thank you!
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thank you for sharing…….love the energy in the photos.
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Isn’t it great! Thanks.
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🙂
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Great shots!
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Thanks. So fun!
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You are welcome!
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Oh VJ, they (the girls) just look like SO MUCH FUN!! ❤
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So much energy and athletic like their grandma used to be.
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Wow, good genes!
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Ha ha…not sure about those genes…
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My opinions: the photos of them reflect your “can-do” spirit 🙂 And that will get them far in life.
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They do have that. Sweet girls.
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Are they feisty too? 🙂
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Both very different. The cart-wheeler is feisty, the other sensitive.
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Nice balance 🙂
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Fabulous photos VJ 🙂
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Thank you!
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You’re welcome 🙂
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