Archive for the ‘June’ Category
week 662~ dizzy with choices
dizzy with choices
frazzled by freedom
finding our voices
dizzy with choices
summer rejoices
still we are struck dumb
dizzy with choices
frazzled by freedom
June 30, 2021
Another day of high heat and we head to the shore where the weather is so much cooler that we end up over-staying our sun tolerance, refusing to leave until it looks like the temperatures back home have dipped below 90. A bit of sunburn will be an unwanted souvenir, but fun is had in and out of the water for hours.
June 29, 2021
Happy birthday to my love! The temperatures rise to unbearable, but we rig up an air conditioner and hang a quilt to cordon off the dining room to keep it bearable there at least. His sons come for dinner, my grandboys revel in the festivities, and we linger around the table talking leisurely, so glad we can gather together again.
June 27, 2021
My son is off to see friends in NYC for a couple of days, and my daughter and her fam will arrive tomorrow. So today is for buying food, making up beds, and trying to fit everything into my house, my fridge, my brain, and my heart.
June 26, 2021
Reflecting on the past is sometimes hard, but I am learning to sift through to find some good moments to pull to the surface and share.
June 25, 2021
We walk today, and grab lunch in the old neighborhood where my kids grew up. Stopping in the corner store we find the 102-year-old proprietor still holding court. My son slips behind the counter for a picture, and greets a childhood friend, great-grandson of the owner, who pulled over when he saw us as he drove by. I miss this place we lived for so many years, and it’s good to have a few minutes to reminisce. And a few hours to catch up with my son who I haven’t seen since I visited him in France almost two years ago.
June 24, 2021
My ducks are coming home to roost, at least for awhile. I pick my son up and drive home with him, not to the home he was raised in or the life we both left behind. But to my present world, wanting to know his present world. And we catch each other up and are glad to finally have that chance.
week 661 ~ in honor of father’s day
in honor of father’s day
remembering lost refrains
that pass quietly away
in honor of father’s day
a smiling photo to say
he is gone but love remains
in honor of father’s day
remembering lost refrains
Celebrating a Year 