by Joanne | Jun 7, 2013 | Uncategorized
Fall. We so want you to walk. You so desire to walk. You do not want your little hands to have to hold on to a bigger set of hands. You want to do it on your own. So we watch you & our hearts are in our mouths. We watch out for the corners of furniture. We put our...				
					
			
					
											
								
							
					
															
					
					 by Joanne | May 31, 2013 | Uncategorized
Imagine…… That was me only all those years ago. White gown. A veil. Young. And here I was. Now. I never would have been able to imagine where life would take me. It certainly has taken me down roads that were included in my imaginations. But many that I...				
					
			
					
											
								
							
					
															
					
					 by Joanne | May 24, 2013 | Uncategorized
View. I thought to myself, “Well, it seems clear to me. She is right.” A little while later, I thought, “No. He seems right.” Then I had to think about it a little longer & begin to sort through all that was being said & presented. Yes,...				
					
			
					
											
								
							
					
															
					
					 by Joanne | May 17, 2013 | Uncategorized
Song. I love music. I listen to it a lot throughout the day. All kinds of music. I am not particular. So many songs have a story connected to them for me. The songs I love have somehow attached themselves to an event, a joy, a difficulty. And so, when they come back...				
					
			
					
											
								
							
					
															
					
					 by Joanne | May 10, 2013 | Uncategorized
Comfort. Oh the things that bring us comfort…. our home comfort food comfort smells a blanket a person a memory I remember my granddaughter this week wanting her binkie. When only the binkie would bring that needed comfort. And she hummed as she finally got it...