some rough beginnings
can end in the perfect way
for a perfect day
The Tree Savior
poetry
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Almost a year ago, we invited this boy home for Christmas because he was living in a youth shelter.
We brought him downtown to see this beautiful tree.
And what a year it has been. Challenging in more ways than we ever thought imaginable, and all of us adjusting to this new life of having a brother and a son in the midst of a pandemic.
Here we are, standing under these same lights. And aren’t they still beautiful?
Beyond Tolerance
our pet life, explained:
enemies can become friends
with right furniture
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
Trail Happy
my adventurer
who poops out for the ride home
so cute either way
Quarantine Restaurant
tonight’s dinner win:
Hungarian paprikash
with homemade spätzle
But I’m so Cute
dear Daddy: i’m here.
pay attention to me, please.
(love you more than food)
Never. Ends.
today’s word: defeat
i should have stayed on pillows
and accepted it
Tikka Masala for the Win
it is not easy
to replicate restaurants
alas, we shall try
this quarantine brings
a new love for my kitchen
(lucky to have it)
even Bruce ate it
without a single worry
(there was no curry!)
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