A Time For Everything

I’ve been quiet these past few months, but busy, and a bit overwhelmed. I flew back to the US at the beginning of March to face the life I had left behind. It was inevitable I suppose, but daunting, nevertheless. After both my parents were gone (2012) my brother never let me back into their…

Tribute to My Beautiful Husband

I never could have imagined what it would be like to lose my husband, my lifelong partner and friend. It’s something you don’t think about ahead of time. We were so busy planning our next goals, creating the life we both wanted, that we never considered one of us dying early. Now I miss him…

Ode to a Sweet Kitten

I’m not really in the mood to write poetry right now, but I need to write something to ease my pain and sadness. To let go; to say goodbye is so difficult; especially when it is sudden and unexpected.   My little kitten is dying; beautiful, soft and sweet, delicate frame and tender heart, in…

Dear Friends & Followers

I’m so grateful for your visits, likes, comments and ping backs on my blog. I just wanted to let you all know that I’m going to take a break from blogging and visiting your blogs to be with my mother before she leaves this world. She was diagnosed with terminal cancer in September, and has suddenly taken…

Sadness

There are many kinds of sadness in life that we may encounter as we journey along. Recently I was remembering images from the Viet Nam war that I grew up with. I remember the horrific & sad news clips and I often wonder how all those suffering people are doing now. It still happens, every…