Posts Tagged ‘Rumi’
It’s been a year, dear Mom…
Dear Mom, I was near your old house this week, a whole year since the last time I got to squeeze your tiny hand and kiss your sunken cheek still remarkably soft like the young one that used to nuzzle mine. I was so tired, Mom, and I felt overcome with missing you, such a…
Read MoreA little love letter to my country….
I love this country. I wish I had a way to hold our collective hands, smile into each pair of eyes, and whisper tender and strong, “hey, this is so not you.” You aren’t defined by this – the hurtful ads and jabs and manipulative campaigns that saturate our feeds until we’re forced to look…
Read MoreTo just feel free….
I’m celebrating my birthday this week with some gentle hikes and deep breaths and easy togetherness with ones that I love and a gift I’m giving myself that is so simple (like this, my word for the year) that it helps knead out the strain I sometimes carry over being another year into this thing that I sometimes…
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