Chocolates abound. Love's first embers are relit For another year! I think that Valentine's day is a necessary holiday. Yes, Valentine's Day is by its very nature commercialized, as it is a day to express one's affection for another through gifts. However, so often we get busy with life and we forget to say or... Continue Reading →
Sweetwater Creek State Park, Douglasville, Georgia. I am inspired here. Walking on the trails. Admiring the beauty there. Waters sing my song! Written for the Tuesday Writing Prompt Challenge from Go Dog Go Cafe.
Photo by Ellie Burgin on Pexels. com Mila felt lost in her sadness at having to move again, this time for her mother's work. Her father promised her that it will be the last move, just one more new school to conquer. As she walked in the woods, she felt the heaviness of the moment... Continue Reading →
How I would've loved to grow up in a Gingerbread House, One where the home was truly sweet. With graham crackers for walls and doors, It would be a delightful place to meet and greet. But, with my sweet tooth and love of sugar, Before you know it, I would be out of a home.... Continue Reading →
There's no generation of women before me to consult, For I am the matriarch of the family, the oldest female. It's a role I embrace joyfully, as healer, the wiper of tears, And as the repository of ancient stories by which I was regaled. Written for the D'Verse Quadrille #121 from D'verse Poets Pub. The... Continue Reading →
Michael from Mindlovemisery's Menagerie requested that this week we compose a response to the prompt: Finding Something Forgotten. Once, I dared to leave my hometown and travel life's roads alone when I was just 24 years old. I was clad with only my hope in God. I wanted to prove the skeptics wrong, those who... Continue Reading →
Katie was always a glutton for the presence of her husband of 50 years, Jules, a paragon of spousehood who, like herself, was a punctual person, never late to any event for which they received an invitation. It made for a wonderful union, rich in mutual respect for each other's time. Each day, she felt... Continue Reading →
Questions for Share Your World from Sparks from a Combustible Mind this week are prompted by Valentine's Day, which is Sunday. In your opinion, do May/December (older partner with much younger partner) romances ever work? I think they can work, and that includes younger men and older women. It really depends on the emotional maturity... Continue Reading →
Photo Credit: Richard Kasperowski @ Unsplash By the lily pond, I have peace and solitude. Nature captivates. Columns of green leaves, Combined with golden fishes, Color o'er our pain. So, I'll sit down here And listen to the frogs sing. Internal joy found . Written for the What Do You See #68 from Keep It... Continue Reading →
I'm trying to get fit, healthy, and trim, But I'm the victim of a gargantuan appetite. It makes me seem to want to eat all day, And won't leave me alone through the night. When I'm on the brink of reaching success, I feel my cravings taking full control. I find myself overeating again, And... Continue Reading →
Help from Heaven 