Tag Archives: love

The Limp

Posted on May 14, 2016 by Lynette

Imagine you have a limp. Imagine that your leg was badly injured many years ago, and for reasons of your own, you didn’t seek treatment and so the leg healed badly and now you limp. Most days you get along … Continue reading →

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Rise Up Everyone and keep Rising

Posted on April 7, 2016 by Lynette

This is one of my very favorite Facebook posts EVER. This. THIS. As my muscles ache after a long day at the show…..THIS. As I watch and admire my 80-year-old mother still make plans and have such a spritely energetic … Continue reading →

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Can a Selfish Person Truly Be Happy?

Posted on March 14, 2016 by Lynette

self·ish ˈ adjective (of a person, action, or motive) lacking consideration for others; concerned chiefly with one’s own personal profit or pleasure. Someone told me the other day that they have come to the conclusion that they are just a … Continue reading →

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Through the Lens of a Broken Heart

Posted on March 11, 2016 by Lynette

Through the lens of a broken heart the sky is muted the air flavored with mud Through the lens of a broken heart my face feels weighted down my feet heavy as clay Through the lens of a broken heart … Continue reading →

Posted in Poetry | Tagged courage, Heartache, love, poem, poetry, writing work | 1 Comment

Spring Rain

Posted on March 7, 2016 by Lynette

The park is filled with night and fog, The veils are drawn about the world, The drowsy lights along the paths Are dim and pearled. Gold and gleaming the empty streets, gold and gleaming the misty lake, The mirrored lights … Continue reading →

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We Become What We Have Loved

Posted on February 20, 2016 by Lynette

“Every day I make some gesture, think or feel something through the influence of one or another of these friends. When I plant bulbs I pat the earth around each one and realize suddenly that that is what my mother … Continue reading →

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Thank You Harper Lee

Posted on February 19, 2016 by Lynette

To Kill a Mockingbird is one of the very best books ever written…and touched me profoundly in both my childhood and my adult life. It’s been a touchstone for me and for so many millions of others. Those of us … Continue reading →