to run into you was a delightful coincidencetrading life happenings since our last chance meetingpushing grocery carts down the aisle in opposite directionsfilling gas tanks from adjoining pumpsriding up on a ski lift togethergoing in while the other is just…

I wasted todayit slipped completely awaybut not tomorrow

You lived your life fiercelywith a passionthat always amazed me.Loved with your whole heart.Questioned with sincerity.Wanting answersto illuminate the world,like fireworks in the sky.I already was missing youand now you’re really gone. Karin Lynn BellantoniOctober 18, 1960 ~ December 25,…

I don’t remember thedark as oppressivesomething to fear or to dread I remember it cozyit makes me feel dozywishing to burrow under covers in bed

not often do I ponder hopeyet inside my heart it livesit’s not diminished by lack of thoughta lightness to my days it gives while I don’t hope consciouslyall thoughts do hope containadding rhyme and reasoninto my worlds refrain

It may seem odd that I’m beginning by paraphrasing a quote from Mom’s minister Mother Carrie as we were talking about my Dad right after he died… or maybe it just seems odd to me. Mother Carrie said “Alice, you…

the 5 Syllable Project I’ve been listening to a series on hope from To The Best Of Our Knowledge. Hope: Where Does It Come From? aired for me Saturday, March 4, 2023 and then Hope: How Do You Make It?…