“But, Mousie, thou art no thy lane [you aren’t alone]In proving foresight may be vain:The best laid schemes o’ mice an’ menGang aft a-gley, [often go awry]An’ lea’e us nought but grief an’ pain,For promised joy. ” –Robert Burns Who planned for their life to this point in time? If you had asked me when […]
Category Archives: hope
Christmas was, for me as a child, a truly magical time. The lights, sounds and smells of the holiday filled my days with sheer joy. I remember feeling transported into a world where, lying on the floor in front of the Christmas tree, I was as much a part of the nativity scene as the […]
hope is a whisper in the darkness of disaster brilliant in unimaginable ways persistent and undaunted when humanity is tossed within the morass that evil fosters hope seems always to reappear stronger, bolder outcome notwithstanding what must be two sides to a coin balanced on a minted edge like a thousand others hope is a […]
Spring is a whispered desire beneath a teetering globe, to bear fruit, to give birth, to perpetuate all that lives and teases the earth to push up its dormant hopes and let them sprout and mature to harvest. Warming rays grasp at the heavy garments of winter and urge them to be put aside. Limbs […]
“If you are going through hell, keep going.”
— Winston Churchill
Impromptu and sweet Little moments to remember Come upon us gently Find a place so tender What is worthy of our care What seems to matter most In such a world askew as ours Little moments kept dear kept close