Category: The Gallery
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Autumn Fires
“There is a harmony In autumn, and a lustre in its sky, Which through the summer is not heard or seen, As if it could not be, as if it had not been!” – Percy Bysshe Shelley (My greeting each eve as I gaze out my kitchen window)
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An Ordinary Shopping Day Made Extraordinarily Beautiful
Mommy, look! I’m taller than the shopping caht! Oh, girlie, you stop that! I’ve told you and told you you’re not allowed to grow up! But Mooooommmmmyyyy, I can’t stop gwowing. A hand grasps mine. But I’ll always be your best fwiend no matter what. ~~~~~~~~~ The hills are alive with the Sound of Music.…
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Riches
She grabbed my hand as I began my slow ascent up our stairway. Step. Pause. Step. Pause. She joined me, mirroring my steps, happy to be by my side. “Mommy, I won’t pull hard on you or jump on you while we go up the stay-ahs because you have the can-cah (cancer).” Laughing, I look…
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Tidbits
Prepare yourselves for an extremely random post. Just a few tidbits of our days together… 1. Yesterday we went to a wedding. All of us. It was classy, tasteful, breathtaking and refreshingly worshipful, full of poetry readings and quotations, Bach Cantatas, dancing the Virginia Reel, all with a genteel southern flair. My Bella was enraptured…
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Just Us
“Hey, Bella Boo, you ready to go pick up the boys?” “Just you and me, Mommy?” “Yep, just some cute girl and me.” “Just this cute girl and you, Mommy?” “Yep, just some beautiful girl and me.” “Just this beautiful girl and you, Mommy?” “Yes, baby girl, just us.” “Oh, yes. Just us. I like…
A Spring of Joy 