Into Her Life

It’s true - today probably wasn’t the best day.
But she just couldn’t - anymore.
Sit silent and still.

She needed to stretch her legs…to spread her wings…to hear the sound of her voice ring.

Now was her day.
To step out of the safety and security of her comfortable zone.

Her gaze fixed straight ahead.
There were no more questions…no second thoughts.
She didn’t hesitate.
She didn’t look back.

I couldn’t help but watch with great admiration and respect.
As she bravely stepped out…and in to this new decade of her one and only beautiful life.

For Joy

And then -
There are those days….those rare and precious days…
When our ducks are all aligned in a neat little row…

Grateful.
For family.
For love.
For joy.

Finding New

Returning and beginning.
Again.

It doesn’t get easier - does it?
One might think - after so many days…weeks…months and years - it might.

It’s really quite simple. Isn’t it?
Show up.
Let go.
Trust in what I know….and I do know this practice.

Try easy.
Find the familiar in this discomfort.
Find the comfort in what is so familiar…and yet - so new.

So many questions.
Can I? Will I? Should I? Do I dare?

Walking the same walk I walk every day.
The lush cool greens of hot summer…are changing to the warm golds of a cooler fall.
Babies cling shyly to their mothers…while the mothers hold their babies near and tight.
Outwardly - it appears - all the same.

Beginning and returning.
Arriving.
Here. Now. Today. In this moment.
Finding new.