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Two years ago, I gave up on New Year's resolutions. What do those ever lead to but disappointment anyway? Maybe I keep them, but mostly I don't. And when I don't, I feel like a failure. So, I picked a single word as my [...]
A box marked "fragile"
holds shining memories wrapped
in crumpled paper.
She lights up like a
firefly whenever you're
around, George Bailey.
Once a year. Each year.
They emerge, sparkling,
to be packed away.
The delicate glass,
like breath on a windowpane,
glitters and is gone.
This year, glass soldiers
wait, tissue-wrapped with angels,
in muffled darkness.
I hear your silence
echoing through the carols
louder than church bells.
If the glass shatters,
but [...]
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Last night my husband Mark and I stayed up past midnight finalizing the details of our Christmas budget and to do list. We divided up the errands and agreed on which of us would buy for whom and how much money we would each use [...]
Lawn chairs and blankets
cover the grass like a quilt,
balls swish overhead.
Up past their bedtimes
children in pajamas sit
breathless on laps.
A collective gasp,
an "ooo," a thundering boom,
as magic stars fall.
Wide eyes turned upwards,
thousands of reflecting pools
hold showers of light.
Children's candy smiles.
Heads together, giggling
over paper hearts.
Pink cupcakes parties
Tinkerbell and Transformers
on small folded slips.
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Love: dressed up, trumped up.
A girl stumbles in spiked heels,
her lips plastic red.
Alone and fretting:
the rich textures of life aren't
rose petal soft dreams.
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Come. White horse, red rose,
happily ever after.
Until tomorrow.
Chocolates hide secrets:
luscious, empty, sickly sweet.
It's Valentine's Day.
Whew! Winter break is over. The kids are back in school, and like a lot of other folks, I'm trying to get back in the regular swing of things.
My writing and blog reading have both fallen by the wayside as I tried to make time, not just for the holidays but for the out-of-town visitors [...]
It is Christmas day and Jenn at J-Online passed on a little Christmas spirit to me. I'm going to list at least five things I love about Christmas and then pass it on.
Christmas lights. In the short days and long nights of winter, all those twinkling lights have a special magic. After [...]
It's after 10:30 p.m. Austen has the sniffles and is still awake. I'm waiting for him to settle down before I take a quick shower and catch up with Mark, who has been out with some 12 Step friends. The kids both have parties tomorrow (the last day of school before break), [...]
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It's Thanksgiving here in the US. I can smell my pie baking and hear my kids playing (or rather, not actively fighting) and it's about time for me to get out of my flour-covered sweats and into something more presentable. But before I [...]
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The glow of red eyes.A mouth slashed across the face.Jack-o-lantern glares.
Candles flickering.A little witch waits outside.Ghouls rap on my door.
Green hands hover, curl,then plunge into the cauldronand draw out candy.
Everybody screamWhether with fear or delight.It's Halloween night!
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