we can’t overplay our hand
locked in a deep freeze
let’s don’t kid ourselves
it takes a lot of work
to be reduced to tears
the risk of becoming a saboteur
and giving oneself a chance
takes the key to one’s heart
and like a raging bull
kisses us like emptiness
as if received by a stranger
This is an excerpt from a poem by Derrick Tyson.
Faith happens when there is no rational reason to believe. I opened an old journal today and that’s what it said. I have no idea why I wrote it, as a single line on one page. I do know that just unearthing it at a time when I most needed to hear it helps to…
“In the Studio” So how does one redefine a life? I’ve been a stay-at-home mom for 10 years after a (too) long stay in the institution that is corporate america. In the past 10 years, I have gone to school for Expressive Arts Therapy, become a certified Kindermusik instructor, had my own preschool/creativity studio for…
I just LOVE this quote! “When you complain all you do is broadcast, ‘There’s a victim in the neighborhood!’.” -Maya Angelou Or, as my wonderful friend Trina says in her Sushi Song, “Quit Yer Bitchin’” 🙂 (This is directed at ME, by the way, not YOU. I put this here as a reminder to myself…