She’d neglected to make choices for her inner self as well. She’d given away too much.
Wichita. The roads here are flat and I can see for miles. Easy driving. Times like these, I wish you were sitting here beside me chatting, instead
Today was the first day of summer, she realized, her spirits lifting like a kite. She loved milestones of any sort: birthdays, anniversaries, holidays, checks on the calendar, notches on a growth char...
They were specific about symptoms of grief—the sensations of choking, shortness of breath, feelings of emptiness, endless crying. But nothing warned her that when she wasn’t experiencing those symptom...
The secret to happiness is to embrace the humility to accept what comes and the courage to continue on your life's path with an open heart.
She thought how sharp words could sting when they held the truth.
She closed her eyes as his full weight stretched over her. They fit together perfectly and as they clung together her woman's body felt that at last she had found the man's bones from which she'd been...
Privacy is something that we maintain for the good of ourselves and others. Secrecy we keep to separate ourselves from others, even those we love.
People always seem to be in so much of a hurry, Lovie continued as she sat down breathlessly in the sand. Rush, rush, rush. What are they rushing toward? Life isn’t some kind of race. We all cross the...
One day she would recall this very twilit evening and the sight of her children dancing on the shore and then... Yes, then she would wish she had stopped to hold their chubby hands and play tag along...
No more sorrow and regret! Take heart! A new day is beginning.
Mamaw lounged in her robe on the back porch, feet up on the ottoman, sipping coffee and reading the Post & Courier. Today was her birthday! Eighty years of living . . . Who’d have guessed it? She felt...
Light helps define a place. Here the light has color. It changes throughout the day and it’s unpredictable.
It gives us a better perspective of our place. We hold our history so dear, our politics so tight. But in the fullness of time, all histories fade. Rome, Ephesus, the Incan and Mayan cultures. The whe...
Intuition guides us and the wise person listens.
In every life, there was death and rebirth and continuity.
Friendships were easy when life was going smoothly. What was hard was to be there for your friend when life got rough and the friendship was neither easy nor fun. The challenge was to forgive the frie...
Don’t fear death. Death is life’s companion. If you fear death, you fear life. His hand tightened on her chin. Nora, don’t be afraid to live.
Don’t be angry any longer! Cancer is eating away my body, but anger will eat away your soul. Don’t let it destroy your chance for happiness.
But the pursuit of wealth would not inspire passion.