T            Teach your children and teach them well E            Encourage them to use their manners N            Never let them forget to say please and thank you D            Don’t judge without justification E            Engage with them honestly R            Remind them it is okay not to be…

“Atop the snowy mountain peaks, The chilly wind rustles through my coat, As I embrace myself to keep warm; There lay a white world in front of me, Snowy peaks and fluffy clouds. The setting sun blinds my vision, As I look through the intense…

Tender Night Night envelops her dark blanket and sprinkles tenderness on the sleeping world casting an invisible spell and takes away the tiredness Hour 22 @varenyas

I need an idea to reach out and grab me Shake me awake Pull me out of dreamland Bring me back to the almost alive An idea to pull me back from the precipice I need an idea Something to fly with, drive with Or…

  The End or Something Like It   The clock’s incessant ticking resonates loudly in my ears. The end is near.   ****I literally just invented the lowku by exhausted inattention. While I had planned to pen a haiku, my muddled mind mistakenly reversed the…

Prompt Twenty-two – Use the word Tenderness as this hour’s prompt.   For my Husband   You tippy-toe into the room. Is it very late? Or very early? As today meets tomorrow Or is it yesterday meeting today? I can’t say. Bleary-eyed with exhaustion I…

Moments of joy are harder to find these days. But I’m learning to find them in small, unexpected places. Like in rays of sunlight that are the perfect temperature. Or in the way a gentle breeze dances through my hair, tickling my neck. Sometimes it’s…

Voiceless words show compassion Stillness fills the air Nothing is needed Just be there

Vows (will insert a number later when I can count how many vows I have written)   From now until our obituary we will have each other. In sickeness and in health, tied together as one. I will rest when we are tired. Even if…

Dove in hand, my songbird You sing so sweetly to me Jealous birdy, oh so needy, You steal my donut freely With careful tenderness As your heart pounds Fearless as you escape The cage designed for Your protection You pluck my garnet heartstrings And soar…