Wednesday, December 29, 2010

My favorite coffee shop!

So many memories here how can I begin to explain my fondness for their valencias and the sage advice I got from one of their baristas (before I knew what that word even meant) "when your sick just drink more coffee, that's what I do" the deep love I have for coffee started here when I was at Bethany. Those were the days
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Ben says...

YES!
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Trunk full of baby toys

Is it a sign?
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1040am

Breakfast in bed
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1015 am

He is still sleeping...he has a cold so rest is good for him :)
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Monday, December 27, 2010

Nothing

Without you here
I feel lost my
Spirit wanders
Aimlessly. The
Feeling of peace
You brought to
This earth was
Non-pariel. I
Only find solace
In loneliness right
Now the quiet
That wraps me
Tight allows
Me to feel
Nothing which
Is often what
I need.
~ december 23, 2010
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Value

Everything I could
Buy you seems
So pointless and
Vapid. The meaning
Of stuff escapes
Me completely.
Our togetherness
Is all I value
And cherish
Right now.
~ december 23, 2010
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Friday, December 24, 2010

Joy and pain
The bittersweet mix
That comes in
Your absence is
Quick....but
It really lingers
Can't shake the feeling
That something is
Missing....
Then I remember
It's you.
~ december 24, 2010
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Dad

Enjoying the kids toys
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So patient

Waiting to open presents...not begging, yet
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Intervention continued


A trash bag and a half later...
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The intervention

Chris: yes ben you have to throw it away
Ben: but, but, I don't wanna
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Thursday, December 23, 2010

Christmas cookies

Yum yum aaron says why can't I eat all of them?
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Fun cousin time

Don't break the ice
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Ben...

Cute bunny hat
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Ethan....

I'm a lumber jack and that's ok
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Ben...

Peekaboo I see yoy
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Aaron says

Get off you bucket
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Aaron says

Don't play without me
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Aaron says

Is this the one horse open sleigh?
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Wednesday, December 22, 2010

Wandering

She walks in light
And beauty so
Eloquent is her way
That others find
Great peace in the
Company of her
Presence. Lovely,
Kind, and quiet
The spirit that
Ever prevails.
Wonderously she
Wanders among
Us still.
~ dec. 22, 2010
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Saturday, December 11, 2010

Comfort

Hidden, hiding, all the
subtle ways I can.
Eyes on cell phone,
ear bud in ears,
hair in face
all the different
ways I achieve
anonymity.
It is an art
some say a gift
others just
say antisocial.
I kinda like
the bubble
it is an
insulator,
camouflage,
comfort.

~December 7, 2010

Friday, December 10, 2010

Jessica and my social action photo story

We had to complete a piece on social action for this semester.  Not only did we have to perform a social action we had to document it and write a paper about it.  It was a great experience!  I hope you enjoy the photo story!

students

i love their energy,
their spunk,
the kick in the pants
they give me when
I'm in a funk.
the laughter,
the joy,
the support,
that they carry
makes me
want to employ
a softer, gentler
tone.
it is for a love
of them
that I stay.
No other reason.

~December 2, 2010

Wednesday, December 8, 2010

Heavy

This pain is heavy
And I can't carry
It all by myself.
The thing is, though,
I don't want
to burden you with
It all the time.
Will you please
Just help every
Once in a while?

~ december 8,2010
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Setting it up on the X

So I figured out how to blog via my cell phone...not sure how much of this I'll do but it makes it much more accessible to inspiration!
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Tuesday, December 7, 2010

thinking

i was thinking
of writing a poem
for a contest
but i thought
it was verging on delirium
to imagine myself
a poet.
i staggered to the
corner of the bathroom
and sat on the side
of the bathtub.
i stared into the oval mirror.
wishing i had the ability
to write just one
profound poem.
i really think i was
just delirious.

~December 7, 2010

So really this is a poem I wrote today, like just now, and maybe I'll submit it to a contest, not sure yet...have to use 5 words.  Delirium, corner, stagger, bathtub and oval in the poem or short story. ANYWAY!

Congoleum Corporation

Congoleum Corporation
thinking golden greige or warm pewter...leaning more towards warm pewter right now...

Monday, December 6, 2010

lies

Hiding under it
I feel safe.
Behind the wall
No-one will find
Out my true
Feelings or thoughts
And when no-one
Knows about me
I'm safe.
What a lie!

~December 3, 2010

quiet

Sleep is the one place
I can find respite.
It is a solace in
my plagued mind.
I go there for
the comfort of the
warmth I find.
My eyes burn
to close and
rest, my body aches
to bundle up tight.
At night I feel
the most quiet
in my body and
mind.

~December 3, 2010