Dear Dad,
I’ve been thinking about you a lot this week. Wondering about things that happened and didn’t happen. Wondering what it would be like if….
Actually, I got to the ‘what if’ stage just about an hour ago. Read the rest of this entry »
It’s November. My husband and I just finished a hike through the meadow at Longwood Gardens Though the weather forecast promised warm afternoon sun, it’s gray, cold and misty. On a whim, I ask my husband to take a picture of this sign. Read the rest of this entry »
I laughed as I wrote the dialogue between my body and me. We’ve been having this conversation for a while. It has, however, escalated in the last month while I’ve been recovering from a respiratory virus. Read the rest of this entry »
Self-contempt has been my primary issue for years. Until I learned to have compassion on myself, it was almost impossible not to have contempt for others. Here’s what self-contempt has looked like Read the rest of this entry »
evening mutterings
incessant murmurs of life
sound of pond at peace
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© Elouise Renich Fraser, 18 January 2015
Photo credit: http://www.tripadvisor.co.uk, duck pond in Hinkley, England
Contempt – intrusive, ever-present, almost impossible to pin down. But that’s exactly why I need to talk about it.
After several false starts, Read the rest of this entry »
Telling the Truth 