Patience, the true test in a wavering voice wanting to make the sound it has yet to learn to make. Strength lies not in knowing but in understanding, for neither are as equal as we all thought them to be. there is a stillness in this moment, in the breath slowly drawn in while the … Continue reading Patience in the breath
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The First One
Tomorrow is Father's day, and although I had 15 years, give or take, of Father's days before you drove into our lives, this is the first one, in almost 10, without you. I never paid much attention to these days before. I had this naivety about them that I now resent because I brushed them … Continue reading The First One
#23: Dear Charlie…take 2
Dear Charlie, I've started, and stopped, this letter so many times that I have to use my age as a timeline for the drafts. You can see it if you look back at all the drafts, a slight shift in words, in tone. My vocabulary grew, as well as my curses. Mom wouldn't let me … Continue reading #23: Dear Charlie…take 2