All posts tagged breathe

Six Months

I’ve been thinking frequently about TIME these days, feeling like I never have enough. Ideas, plans and intentions zing around my head, trying to settle into order and manageability while more and more events get added to my day, my weekend and future months. Last night, in the midst of a wee panic, tinged with [...]

Autumnal Time

It’s a gorgeous day, today. Crisp, clean air bursts with potential. Brisk winds eradicate particles of discontent. The scent of freshly baked apples and pumpkin spices and flaming fireplaces seems to be waiting just around the corner of some newly naked tree. I want to breathe deeply and rejoice. And yet… I feel old and [...]

Candle Light

I came home last night and lit a candle, not one of the nice ones but rather the battered, shapeless ones that has melted irregularly and is near its end. I didn’t light it with any ritual in mind. I wasn’t mourning anything, per se. Nor was I celebrating anything. I simply needed AIR and [...]

Landing

After being catapulted into total emotional nakedness last week, I’ve been struggling to figure out what to wear. One of my blogging compatriots, Karen, wisely pegged my dilemma in a recent, and much appreciated, shout-out that mentioned the potential to feel isolated after sharing big. I’ve definitely been in hibernation mode the last few days, [...]

Patience

I’m visiting my mother. I cannot ask for (nor, bejebus, do I wish to ask for, or have) a better opportunity to practice the virtue of patience. I love my mother, but dear-holy-wild-caught-salmon, does she press my buttons! The woman DOES NOT STOP TALKING. She verbalizes EVERY SINGLE THOUGHT. Literally. “Did I put my make-up [...]