and the wheels still spin
and we try and wish and blow
and hope for a change
parenting
Childrearing Forwarding
parenting problems
don’t end when the kids grow up
(they can still break you)
Colorado Born and Bred
Berthoud Pass driving
sisters learn two years apart
same day, different face
Downhill for the Uphill
2020 ends
in the same way it began
(with downhill skiing)
2020 ends
nearly every way different
than a year ago
2020 brings
a balance of sorrow, joy
hidden behind masks
2020 ends
with screens controlling our lives
(searching for meaning)
2021
with its 5-syllable self
will bring us new hope
Dirty Bingo
White Elephant win
with every Bingo chiste
bringing laughter, joy
Christmas Traditions
they’re all grown up now
even their cookies have grown
in their perfection
Christmas Cookies
he’s no idea
what he’s got himself into
with these crazy girls
cookies are cookies.
we will cut, bake, decorate.
’cause it’s what we do.
arms, metal, ginger:
what is a holiday scent?
molasses. that’s it.
and soft-spun sugar
ready to perfect Christmas
with gingerbread sweets.
The Tree Savior
some rough beginnings
can end in the perfect way
for a perfect day
Hard Work Pays Off
the best mail ever
with a scholarship of hope
to fulfill her dreams
Recipe for Loss
motherhood snippets:
a brilliant purple houseplant
captured in glory
molé for the win?
another failed recipe
to exhaust my soul
oh, but the chocolate
hidden behind the bright beads
of sesame seeds
her anxiety
so present, prescient, painful
and i cannot win
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