Shining Moments

Her eyes met mine and I read her deep pain           and loss              and confusion. So what do you do when suddenly your mate of many years    dies    leaving you all alone? How do you begin again? she wondered. How do you fill the empty moments..     those...

Shining Moments

From as far back as I can remember I have loved to swing.     big swings.        small ones.          the huge tire that you sat on             and the thick rope swing. Hold on tight. Back and forth. I used to look way up into the sky as I went back and forth   ...

Shining Moments

Published in 1991 in Shining Star Magazine     this Shining Moment still shines brightly. Thought you might enjoy it.   “Whew. What a week!” I sighed on a Friday evening. “It’s been absolutely exhausting.” The friend with whom I was speaking simply smiled and I...

Shining Moments

There are two days that I will never forget.    Although the years have come and gone I will never forget that first day    when I stood before my wide-eyed first graders   for the first time   as  their teacher. It was in a small elementary school in upstate New York...

Shining Moments

“Do you want to go?” I asked pulling on my light jacket. Her tail wagged and her eyes got that excited look. But    I wondered. My lab is now old. She walks deliberately. Oftentimes backs up rather than attempting to turn around. And sweetest of all,    she just wants...