The first chapter of my newly published children’s book — Please enjoy the first chapter of my newly published children’s book, Ponder Tales, illustrated by Rosalie Huxford. Ponder Ponder huddled closer to his big brother, Winter, who was already snoring under their fur covers. It was cold tonight, colder than usual. He could hear Mama and Papa talking in whispers across…

Introducing Ponder Tales — Hello to my beloved Medium community. I have been absent from this platform for a bit and have missed it very much. But I am happy to be back to announce that I have written a book called Ponder Tales. “Once upon a time, there was a little boy named…

A poem about the journey with a reminder to enjoy the destination 💛 When you begin you think it is just a trail you have no idea how long or how high The lure is intoxicating and your legs are fresh The ascent is gradual at first (that’s how they get…

A cry for help from but one citizen of a failing nation — I live in a land of starving wealth health care out of reach rents too high the price of food and basic needs skyrocketing Women paid only a portion of a man’s wages, abused, abandoned, missing, hurting forced to bear children for whom there is no food Children sent to…

June — She was glad to see the line wasn’t too long at Starbucks. She turned on her blinker and got into the drive-up window lane. Cleo sighed in her car seat and sucked on her water bottle. She was always tired after baby gymnastics, and so was June. It was fun…

Sara — Why are buses always cold? Sara pulled her jean jacket around her tighter. The dark world outside whizzed by discreetly, rain adding to tiny rivers racing across the window. Coming home from vacation was always an emotional mix. Just hours ago she was having her last float in the pool…

From waffles to stars, even the depressed can find happiness — Happiness looks like wildflowers in the mountains with a snow-capped mountain in the distance the baby eating a cup of yogurt with her hand laying in a field and looking up at a million stars Happiness sounds like melted snow rushing off a mountain Christmas carols around the piano neighborhood children giggling a…

A personal look at what family is, or should be — A family is a society made of parents and kids. I have been in two families of origin(FOO). The first was my parents and my brothers. We all lived together for the first 18 years of my life. The second was the FOO my husband and I created for our two sons. …

A Poem — I have earned the right having endured a thousand storms to weigh anchor in the port of my choosing I have paid the price and will choose my seat near the orchestra so I can feel the notes shake me I have beaten my path fought back brambles and removed fallen trees to…