Photo By: Carrie
Wildflowers from Arcata Marsh and Wildlife Sanctuary
What
Are you reaching for
Where
Do you plan to explore
How
Will you remember to sing
When
Will you feel less pain
Who
Needs you (more…)
Questions
Moving forward
Beyond
Photo By: Carrie
Darkness engulfs
A tired heart
Rest (more…)
Free Falling
**Just when I thought my family was relatively settled and life was flowing into a new normal…I unexpectedly found myself in a free fall. It has been a week, to the day, since I wrote this. I didn’t have a web connection until today. I am hopeful that my posts and my life, will from this point forward, be more consistent. Hope, is the operative word, here. (more…)
In Rhythm
Photo By: Carrie
Watch and wait
You know
It is coming
Don’t move dig
In with your toes, close
Your eyes you will feel (more…)
Here
Photo By: Carrie
We are here, we have arrived safely. It took 14 hours, at 55 mph, to drive a loaded 24 foot Budget truck (loaded solely by my husband and I) with a 16 foot car trailer and our other car following behind, 650 miles. (more…)
Beginning
As my breath deepens so
My head falls
Back up to the sky peeking
In through the cracks in
The branches reaching
So high (more…)
Desperation
Photo By: Carrie
My scrambling feet losing
Ground slipping, head only down
Looking for something to hold
On to, a glimmer
A comforting lead, exposed
Roots, a twisted branch (more…)
Waves of Change
Photo By: Carrie
The anxious wait for things
To change, rolling waves
Possibilities (more…)
Out On A Limb
Photo By: Carrie
Sixteen years, we fit
Together, eleven moves
To greener pastures (more…)
A Photo That Inspires Words…
Photo By: Leanne Cole
YOU WERE HERE
It looks inviting, a solid built place
To rest your hips, canopied with shadows
Reminding you of roots
Alone
Soft dirt at your feet offering
Some calmness and peace
Do you really need to take
A seat, in your heart (more…)
The Shady Tree 