Good Morning, God These few leaves — lit by the early morning sun — caught my eye. So small. Insignificant. But beautiful. Then just a day later, I was out on my front patio at 4:00 a.m. searching the night…
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On SEEING — large and small — near and far
Tagged with: astronomy, Nature, photography, Vera Rubin Observatory
Posted in beauty, connecting, mental maps, Perspective, perspectives, Planets, seeing, taking time to focus, time
Posted in beauty, connecting, mental maps, Perspective, perspectives, Planets, seeing, taking time to focus, time
On Discovering — I am Bereaved!
Good Morning, God Well, this becoming SOLO after 65 years together — is filled with Surprises! At first I thought I was doing just fine. Actually, after the “waiting”. After the intensity of having to admit / face Kit is…
Tagged with: Being BEREAVED, loss of a beloved partner, Naming what I am feeling, Solo, UNSTABLIZED
Posted in Bereaved, connecting, disruption, going THROUGH the sorrow, Grief, pain, Sorrows of the Deep
Posted in Bereaved, connecting, disruption, going THROUGH the sorrow, Grief, pain, Sorrows of the Deep
A Stream in the Desert — Streams in our Heart
Energy waxes and wanes nowadays. But this Sunday I set off to see the sunrise and kept on walking all the way down to the bottom of our Hidden Valley area. And there is the Wes Miller Park. This has…
A Slowly Unfolding Series of Surprises
Good Morning, God It is just shy of one year since we moved to Tucson. And just a day or two over six months since I became a surviving spouse. Unless you have become one — there is no way…
Florence Nightingale: Upsetter of Men in Charge
Florence Nightingale took on the generals and doctors during the Crimean War of 1853-56 and she said: “There is not an official who would not burn me like Joan of Arc if he could.” This is the response humans in…
Now I can SEE how I FELT
Good Morning God, I came across this photo a few days ago. I had taken it in the Tucson Medical Center, 9/27/24.That was 3 months before Kit died. At that point I was intellectually aware of his destination.But, emotionally, I…
I said it — but I didn’t MEAN IT
Good Morning God, Having been married to my Wonderful Husband for 65 years — I did learn a few things that totally surprised me. Some of them were HOW different we were. And every once in a while I discovered…
Posted in connecting
A Time out of Time
Good Morning God, This photo is of Kit on August 11, 2024. We are flying back to Tucson from a weekend in Costsa Mesa to attend the Celebration of Life for our dear sister in law — Barba Nurse. We…
Tagged with: Reframing Hospice
Posted in a hand up, connecting, gratitude, LOVE, Lovingkindness, thankfulness, Thanksgiving!, the gift of persistent love
Posted in a hand up, connecting, gratitude, LOVE, Lovingkindness, thankfulness, Thanksgiving!, the gift of persistent love
Adjusting …and readjusting
Good Morning, God This is a photo of me . . . sitting on our front patio . . . enjoying the reflections of both our back patio and the Santa Catalina mountains. It comes close to capturing the multiple…
An Illuminated Cactus
Good Evening, God Having had contact with a prickly pear fruit I have a new respect for cactus. Water is scarce. They contain water — therefore they must protect themselves. With the prickly pear I was fooled. It had visible…
A Moment with God 