As a child I sang small rhymesAnd songs about starsMaking wishes and looking upAt night to where they are. As I grew older, the rhymesAnd songs all dwindled away.I was busy making friendsBuilding a new life some way. Then marriage, children, lifeCame along and who had any timeFor stars or songs or wishesOr remembering childish…

Trapped inside a snow globeSilence surrounds meMy fists beat helplessly against the glassI see peopleTheir voices cannot reach meI am alone. Trapped inside a snow globeNo snowflakes fallThere is no glitterI am the only objectIf my heart is beating I don’t hear itWho am I? Trapped inside a snow globeThe sun is not shiningThe moon…

“If you’re never in a tough situation, it’s probably because nobody believes you can handle it.” I read this in a book the other day and it really struck me. At a job, or volunteering, or in a family: who gets the toughest jobs? Growing up I thought my brothers did just because they were…

Thanksgiving means somethingDifferent to all around the table.For some it means a lot of food –You eat as much as you are able. The first occasion was a contemplationBecause our country was brand-new.Enduring through the hardest times,Rejoicing in friends both old and new. How those new friends supported the survivorsby making possible a simple feast…

Life is risk. Not risking feels safe, but is it really? How can you feel safe if you’re stuck in the same place, the identical rut, year after year? If a Koala never left the tree it was born in, it would run out of leaves. It would die. Sometimes you can choose change in…