Emotion seeped through water in cracked ceramic finding a way out Anger was the first until sadness swallowed it oozing shades of blue Nothing filled the cracks though salty tears…
People grow attached to places and things. There is sentimentality that binds us when something holds a prominent place in our lives. I am as guilty as any pack rat…
It’s natural on the eve of our 45th anniversary to be thinking about marriage. The expectations and realities aren’t always the same, but there’s a lot of crossover. That’s fitting,…
I am my mother’s daughter. It’s a unique bond that comes from living inside someone else. There are things you absorb through osmosis as you feel the heartbeat of love…
Things will certainly be different. The Macy’s Parade will be going virtual and the number of guests at the table will be less than usual, but we’ll get through it…
(for Carrianne and Enzo) She opened the door into a sea of chaos. Flour, rice, and chips scattered from one end of the house to the other; herbs once happily…
Since your heart stopped, I’ve been listening to the silence between the heartbeats. It can be a lonely place to linger, filled with the absence of you, but I cannot…
The are rituals to our farewells and goodnights. They are tried and true, and we’ll wait till they are satisfied before we continue on to wherever or turn over to…
As we step into 2020, I’ve been thinking about the passing of decades. The first time we reached a new decade that I was aware of was 1970. Fifty years…
