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You Have What it Takes to Succeed
You have brains in your head You have springs in your feet You have sleep in your bed You have people to meet You have books to hear You...
Sep 13, 2022


Proud of Your Consistency
Here you are performing the Sacred ritual of Laundry. Gathering the past To become purified And new again. Agitated and spun As dirt and...
Sep 6, 2022


The Future is Bright
It’s easy to say “The future is bright” With a back pack on And new shoes. It’s harder to say Wearing a hospital gown And everything...
Sep 6, 2022


Family is Worth the Hard Times
They are worth more than The Christmas hospital bills The milk spills The puke on the floor The slammed door The pineapple rot The...
Aug 30, 2022


It's a Lovely Day
The sun is bright The clouds are light And it’s a lovely day. The rain is falling The puddles are calling And it’s a lovely day. The wind...
Aug 16, 2022


I Care about You. Even when you're not____.
Even when you’re not productive Or talkative Or quiet. Even when you’re not happy Or positive Or humble. Even when you need a shower Or a...
Aug 2, 2022


It's Okay to Not have Everything Figured Out
Sometimes when you miss The bus You find a quiet garden. Sometimes when every other door Is closed You find a jukebox milkshake....
Jul 26, 2022


God Provides the Words
When you’re depressed By the Sunshine When you’re scrolling past Other people’s Baby announcements When you’re called out For missing A...
Jul 19, 2022


There are People out there Who Care
Maybe there aren’t as many as you’d like, and maybe they aren’t responding right away, because they are tending a garden and tying little...
Jul 12, 2022


Take Good Care of Yourself
If I handed you A million dollar Rare geode With delicate edges, Would you Forget to feed it lunch, Leave it out with no sunscreen, Make...
Jul 5, 2022


You Can Be Free
Why do you sit In a cloudy pout? Insisting you’ve found No way out. And woe to you, Fist at the sky, Resigning yourself To ocean tide....
Jun 28, 2022


Having Adventures Doesn't Have to Mean Traveling the World
In the spare room In the basement Of the R family hotel, I got a buzzing text On my flip phone. An invitation To join the back porch...
Jun 21, 2022


Flourish
Aren’t you glad we’ve A flourishing God Who loves a good ink dipped pen? Who admires the filigree Of developing leaves And every painted...
Jun 14, 2022


You Can Break the Cycle
I wonder If what hinders us Is a ghastly Ghost story So rehearsed and revered We fail to ask If it’s true in the Broad light of day....
Jun 7, 2022


“No one can make you feel inferior without your consent.” Elenor Roosevelt
Imagine a prim-nosed, Leery-eyed Karen Barking insults Intended to injure And poke a hole In your soul. It stings. It reminds you Of all...
May 31, 2022


Tomorrow is for Tomorrow
The moment you realize The moment has passed Is the moment You begin to live. The sunbeams pass, And the snow doesn’t last, And the...
May 24, 2022


If you never give it a try, will you be sad about it?
I won’t tell you “Go big or go home. No regrets” Because sometimes Bigger isn’t better, And going home Can be healing, And there’s no...
May 17, 2022


You Will Learn to Feel Again.
Long after my Childhood cat was gone, My sleepy foot nestled Under a pillow at college, And instinctively my body said, “Ope! Don’t shove...
May 10, 2022


You Have Come So Far
So far You’ve come. Through brambles and briars, High waters and mud, Late nights, Early mornings, Uphill both ways. You show up Here...
May 3, 2022


It's Okay to Not Know What Your Future Looks Like
When did we start Prioritizing Forecasts Of sunny and 75 degrees? And when we’re wrong We shy from the eyes Behind eager microphones. We...
Apr 26, 2022
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