Khaki work clothes
Black soil in spring
Driving to look at the crops
A white coffee mug
Ice tea with crushed ice
Raspberry bushes and roses
Garage filled with grease and tools
Memories of dad on his birthday
“I love you every day. And now I will miss you every day.”
~ Mitch Albom, For One More Day
Lemon meringue pie
Chokecherry jelly
Saskatoon pie
Shelling green fresh peas
Aroma of baking bread
Making cookies at Christmas
Homemade salad dressing
Memories of mom on her birthday
“I love you every day. And now I will miss you every day.”
~ Mitch Albom, For One More Day
All the mistakes, missteps ~
fall on my face messes
too often accompanied by
swathes of guilt and shame.
You made your bed,
you can lie in it.
guilt and shame dragged,
getting heavier, harder to
push down year after year,
something had to change .
You made your bed,
you can change the sheets.
Reminded of my change as I
changed the sheets on my bed ~
clean and fresh as sleep settles softly.
Blackened feelings washed away.
“The present changes the past. Looking back
you do not find what you left behind.”
~ Kiran Desai, The Inheritance of Loss
