Hopefully Not a New Normal!

Caroline was looking forward to a house full of children, grandchildren, and great-grandchildren for Mother's Day this year. But, now she just hopes to hear the telephone ring, to know that her family members still care. She has lived long enough to know that what matters is love, in any form. Written for Three Things... Continue Reading →

I Have Heard Them All!

There is no excuse that I haven't heard, As the reason for not getting work done. Even the more timid will look in your eyes, And tell you a whopper that he has just spun. They look so hopeful when they tell lies, Thinking they've pulled the wool over you. But, after twenty years of... Continue Reading →

Life’s Little Compromises!

I always hated the thought of eating healthy. I'd rather some chocolate than a red juicy apple. But the man who proposed loved grains and oats, And now we are on our way to the wedding chapel. Written for Three Things Challenge #223 from Pensitivity 101. The prompts are grains, oats, and chapel. I thought... Continue Reading →

The Dog Whom I Loved!

Yes, I wrote "whom" because Kasey, my beagle mix, was more like a human being than some of the people I knew! His bark was worse than his bite, but I think he liked making people think that he was fierce, howling when someone knocked on the door in the night. But, friends had only... Continue Reading →

Home Defined: Three Things Challenge #144

She looked at the husband, the guy who had stole her heart so many years ago, and she knew that he would always feel like home. Written for the Three Things Challenge #144 from Pensitivity 101: home, guy. look.

The Joy of Teaching: Three Things Challenge #140

Looking at my reflection in the plate glass window, I marvel at the person I have become through diligence. Like the moon shines nightly to light the way, I'm a teacher dispelling the darkness of ignorance. It's a job that one must love to perform each day, For it comes with moments of joy and... Continue Reading →

Oh, the Places a Plane Can Go! Three Things Challenge

I think of traveling to exotic places, Where there are soothing streams of water. They can be big cities or small islands, As long as they are beyond our border. A plane streaking through cumulus clouds Brings me such anticipation to be there, To walk the promenades beside the sea, As though I had nary... Continue Reading →

Joy at the Sight of the Robin: Three Things Challenge #121

I looked through the glass in the window, Watching the beautiful robin alight. The leaf swayed under its weight, And everything in life just felt right! Nature was doing its wondrous thing, And we all must do our part. Let's help the birds remain, By taking climate change to heart. Written for the Three Things... Continue Reading →

Jealousy Divides: Three Things Challenge

They aren't acting like blood brothers this evening, fighting over who received the nicer shirt from their mother for Christmas! What silliness! Written for the Three Things Challenge from Pensitivity 101: shirt, blood, evening.

When Nature Speaks, The Heart Listens

Knocking on the tree. Nature serenades my heart. A woodpecker's song. I thought up this poem as I walked through the woods last week and heard knocking against a tree. I asked Douglas what was the sound, and looking up into the trees, he spotted a red head moving back and forth on a nearby... Continue Reading →

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