Telling the Truth

connecting the dots of my life

Tag: Life

She remembers me

She remembers me
From long ago
A stranger, yet a friend
She says she was there
The day the war ended.
I don’t remember her. Read the rest of this entry »

Day of Remembrance

 

 

Taking the day off to remember and give thanks
for the pain-filled beauty and richness of life sacrificed at great cost.

Elouise

 

© Elouise Renich Fraser, 10 November 2014
Photo by DAFraser, September 2004

A Matter of Trust | Dear Diane

Houston Journal, 19 June 1998:  Every time I come Diane is a little less alive in her bodily functions.  This time feels very heavy—the hospital bed feels like the beginning of the end.  On the TV today they were talking about an ALS cure by 2000.  I don’t think Diane will make it that long.  Read the rest of this entry »

fall chill

fall chill brings young wrens,
flicker, titmice out to play—
frantic adults gorge

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The morning view from my kitchen window

They say it’s going to be
another hard winter Read the rest of this entry »

Wait for me, PLEASE! | Dear Diane

Houston airport, June 1998.  It’s hot, dry, breezy.  I’m exhausted after little sleep the night before, and an early morning rise to make my 7:30am flight.  Diane’s daughter picks me up at the airport.  We finally arrive at Diane’s house.   As always, my heart is pounding Read the rest of this entry »

Safe, Not Sorry | Part 2 of 2

I’m feeling raw today.
Best to start with
A Reality Check Read the rest of this entry »

sheets of water

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sheets of water in

free fall dance to echoes of

ethereal spheres

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© Elouise Renich Fraser, 20 October 2014
Photo Credit:  DAFraser

Safe, Not Sorry | Part 1of 2

That’s how I’d headline my teenage and young adult approach to making decisions.  Safe, not sorry!  I still carry remnants of this in me, even though I know nothing is necessarily safe, and there’s no guarantee I’ll never be sorry.  Life isn’t safe; Read the rest of this entry »

Hide & Seek: The game of life | Dear Diane

Houston, 1998.  Diane is slipping away from her ‘normal’ non-ALS earthly life.  Here’s some of what I experience when I visit in January and April. Read the rest of this entry »

opalescent clouds

 

Sunset Portland 2014

opalescent clouds

kissed by early fall sunset

flood my thirsting eyes

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© Elouise Renich Fraser, 13 Oct 2014
Photo credit:  DAFraser 2014