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 […]
Flowers are definitely a day brightener!
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They sure are!
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We all are in need of immunity boost now than ever before!
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Agreed!
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Definitely a beautiful bouquet of smiles and sunshine. 🙂
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It sure is. Thanks Tanja.
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You are welcome.
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What a sweet and welcome sight 🙂
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Thanks. So cheery!
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You’re welcome!
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This pick me up makes me want to break out The Tempatations’ lyric, “I feel sunshine on a cloudy day, when it is cold outside, I feel the month of May….” Keith
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Thanks Keith. Now I’ll be singing that all day too!
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Lovely!
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Thanks Heather.
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Welcome 🙂
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A beautiful bundle of encouragement! Thank you for sharing this encouragement with us! 🙂 ❤
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Thanks Deborah. My pleasure.
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❤
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I love it! The bouquet and the poem brought a smile to start my day off right.
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Flowers are indeed magic. Thanks.
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You’re welcome.
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