Long past the summer of her life, With hands thickened by the constant water trips, The grandmother still carries the filled buckets Around her sturdy neck, never letting them slip. It is not sporadic work, for it's a daily necessity. So, she does the hard work once done by beasts. The rich who partake of... Continue Reading →
Would You Really Give Anything?
I loathe hearing anyone declare that they would give anything they have just to possess something or somebody they crave! I remember saying, "I would give anything for him to like me!" A sage woman asked me, "Really? Anything?" I had to stop and wonder about what I had just declared, because what I was... Continue Reading →