The Light Bends and Breaks

      Rain is running down the roof, and gutters, down the creek and into the pond, washing away the last bits of yellow pollen from summer, as the beginning of winter moves into the South with cooler temperatures.   In the late afternoon, the sun...

It Can Feel Like the Dark Side of the Moon

“I’m not doing well”, was her answer to my greeting. “We have been so excited to come and now – I am sick, and don’t have a doctor, and I don’t know anyone to ask about a recommendation.  I want to come home, it feels like I’m living on the dark side of the MOON!” The...

Recognizing the Season You Are In

“Fall has arrived,” says the weatherman. Leaves are beginning to turn brown, golden and red, then gently fall silent to the ground creating a patchwork of color to blanket seeds already in place for next spring. I look in the mirror, aglow with morning light, at the...

Things to Know When You Have Been Hurt

“You are a liar.” And if that wasn’t hurtful enough, she continued, “…and reckless and irresponsible.” The fact that the statements were untrue did little to ease the hurt. A friendship lost, and betrayal by someone I trusted and called a close friend is never an easy...

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