And so the days pass
and with attentive care
I grow stronger and more aware.
Healing, like so much that matters,
can’t be hurried though it can be
halted or delayed.
As Arthur Miller knew so well,
“attention must be paid”
and that includes
attention to ourselves as well.
JDG
Time stretches,
space shrinks.
I can
be big,
I can
be small.
It’s up
to me
after all.
JDG
“Please, Gaba,” she said,
no welcome to womanhood
speech or little chat.
They’ve become family legend
now and I am well
aware of that.” ” What about
a party to mark
this major life event?” I
asked. She glowered and growled,
“What part of ‘no’ don’t
you get?” “Ok,” I said. “With
this poem I guess you’re set.”
JDG
Steady breath sweeps clear
the tangled debris of my
unkempt mind.
JDG
For a brief moment
sky above and pond below
share a tender kiss.
JDG
“How am I magnificent?” I asked and
then began to
name the ways.
Grandkids
sighed
and
rolled their
eyes. “What?” I
asked. “Shouldn’t we
love ourselves?” “Yes,” they said, “but not so much.”
JDG
This extraordinary image and these deeply moving words came from Karen Lang’s courageous and inspiring blog. I am honored to share it with you. – Joan
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It’s December and the kids
are calculating the likelihood of snow.
With the temperature still in the fifties,
the likelihood is low. Still, they keep chanting,
“let it snow, let it snow, let it snow!”
JDG
Celebrating clever chaps, cherished ’cause
they cut through crap
with crazy
comic
charm.
JDG
They took me aside, those two,
and whispered words of encouragement.
” We heard they have a two-for-one special
running down at VCU.
Not only can you have your knee replaced,
but you can also get a personality redo.
Please don’t pass this up,
dear Gaba, we beg of you.”
JDG
