Single Point
Posted: December 16, 2013 at 3:23 PM in Personal Growth
tries not to change perspective too often because it makes her ears pop
Author: Ellen Rockne
Single Mind
Posted: December 16, 2013 at 3:23 PM in Anniversary Engagement Romance & Relationships Valentine's Wedding
If I love you with all my heart, she said, what will you give me? & then she stopped & said I didn’t have to answer that because she was going to do it anyway.
Sing Along
Posted: December 16, 2013 at 3:23 PM in Humor & Whimsy Personal Growth
Ever since I found out I was schizophrenic, he said, I’ve been making up songs that are easy to harmonize with. I really like a good sing-a-long.
Sin Box
Three stories: Variations on a sin theme 1.) I see stuff like this a lot in my dreams, so I decided it should at least be doing something useful while I figure out what it means. 2.) I’ve tried to keep my sins organized over the years. That way I can correct it quickly if … [Read More]
Simple Rules
Posted: December 16, 2013 at 3:23 PM in Friends & Neighbors Humor & Whimsy Job & Career Personal Growth
I learned 2 things early on, my sister said. The first is don’t blame people for being the way they are. What’s the second? I said. She smiled. If they’re really stupid she said, go ahead & blame them. It’s a really simple philosophy, she added.
Simple Pleasures
this is the moon dark as a bird wing & softer, he said & at that moment I knew only the joy of my child
Simple Mind
Posted: December 16, 2013 at 3:23 PM in Aging (& Retirement) Family & Relatives
My grandmother used to say life was so much easier when you were simple minded. It’s taken me almost my whole life to understand what she meant.
Simple Life
Posted: December 16, 2013 at 3:23 PM in Aging (& Retirement) Job & Career Peace & Justice Personal Growth Retirement Spiritual
I was going to live simply & give away all my money to the poor, she said, until I figured out then I’d be poor, so the simple thing was just to keep it. I like it when things make sense like that, she added.
Silver Needle
Posted: December 16, 2013 at 3:23 PM in Aging (& Retirement) Children & Parenting Condolence & Loss Death Family & Relatives Mother's Day Winter Holidays
Each night, all the years we were growing up, she sat in the big yellow rocking chair & pieced together our lives with countless stitches of her silver needle.
Silver Cord
connected by a silver cord that hums with sadness the further it is stretched