I wasn't going to write her a Mother's Day poem. I wasn't going to write her a Mother's Day poem and publish it on my blog. I wasn't going to do that, because the idea felt dishonest and contrived and insincere. But here we are; me doing yet another one of those things that … Continue reading Obligatory Mother’s Day Poem 😉
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“Remember This, My Son”
Sudden impacts and slow, incremental increases in pressure often have the same outcome. Shattered. Smashed. Pulverized to dust. Fractured. Wasted. Never again whole. There's an insidious edge that we all must creep along. Thin, like early winter ice traversed at our peril. We deny ourselves, for we equate loneliness with bravery. We turn aside … Continue reading “Remember This, My Son”