Shining Moments

There is a place that I often go to when I need to be refreshed     and although I haven’t been able to go there physically for some time     I often go there mentally. Yes, I imagine myself sitting out on a huge rock    watching the ocean waves crash and thunder. I...

Shining Moments

His eyes were downcast the last time I saw him    and my heart was touched. Life was already difficult for him and his wife   and then a fire completely destroyed their home. Gone. Just like that. In an instance all their earthly possessions    ruined. But life goes...

Shining Moments

I was no stranger to loss.   No each move meant a severing of relationships and a new beginning. Standing at the door   looking in at a new sea of faces   listening to the teacher go on about our ‘new student’. Sigh. How I longed to simply slip quietly into the...

Shining Moments

Tired. Worn out. Having that ‘can’t go another step’ feeling. Every day I see folks so weary in life’s journey     You see them too. My thoughts wander back to a few years ago,   nineteen years ago to be exact   to the airport in Frankfurt, Germany. There I stood with...

Shining Moments

He bent over the water     checking as if to see if it was just right for him. Maybe some concerns that it would be too warm for his taste. It had been hot in Virginia   the past few days. I watched my tiny feathered friend as he took a long drink    and then as if on...