Thankful

These days are merging too quickly into weeks, seasons, years…

A life so changed: mine.

In such disruptions and upheavals of a marriage vanished, I sense this centering, this quiet North Star guiding me back to all I once loved, and still love.  My life is rich with family, friends, a home and garden blooming with my mom’s favorite flowers, my dad’s favorite tomatoes, and my own favorite things I’ve tried and tested over these turbulent years.

My dying cat purrs softly in my lap as I look up, out, and beyond the rubble of my life – and I am thankful.  Dear God, I am so very thankful…