My nephew was on his way over. I hung up the phone as I sauntered from the kitchen to the living room. Walking had become an issue of late but then at 96 years of age, I guess it’s to be expected.
I put the phone on the charger and shuffled, really, to the coat closet for my sweater; summer was just around the corner which made me happy. I was done with the cold.
Sweater on, purse in hand, I was ...
She was so happy
Three in the house
2 dogs and 6 cats
But definitely no mouse.
Smile on our faces
As we surveyed our home
All moving in happy
But who could’ve known.
They moved in before me
Got settled in rooms
Cats feet were buttered
But still they could zoom.
On the day I moved in
There was fear in the air
K stood in the middle
With such a mean stare.
Her anger her wrath
Came at us with ra...
If death were a game
You’d be the winner
Taking every moment
That you have
To research death
This winter.
From helium to fentanyl
Gun shots to rope
Only George heard your words
All lacking of hope.
If death were a game
You’d be the winner
For lying down upon the snow
And dying this winter....
Everything was gone; even more so than the last time we came here. The 40-foot incense cedar had been taken down; dead from the fire. Oak trees, though hardy through fire, all dead from the hottest fire raging about them. Gone was the ancient apple orchard. Plum trees stood, charred, dead. Last time here, I had retrieved a wind chine from one of them, not burned, still green, now hanging at my new...
I could hear the rushing, bubbling creek as it passed through the willows on down to the waterfalls & beyond to the river, not far from where they stood. I could smell the fruit blossoms from the old apple orchard not far away. Behind them, a still snow covered mountain towering over the meadow where they now embraced.
I closed my eyes remembering you, my dear departed, and closed the book I was r...
I have to admit, it’s hard looking at her.
She has such a beautiful smile…the kind that shows her beautiful heart, lights up a room and makes each one want to smile as big as she does, bringing light into the room & into everyone.
I met her in writing class. We had a lot in common & spent a couple of years writing together in this class.
I guess during those years, I no longer saw what was look...