path – Reaching Joy

Eleven

It is a beautiful number, when you consider it carefully. The gentle “l” sound, followed by another “e” not in your face “Eeee” but an “eh” that reminds us it’s more modest that it looks. “Ven” to see, I see, they saw? I don’t remember conjugation well but I do remember the eleventh of September.Continue reading “Eleven”

Following the Path

I said I want my brother to follow my lead– but what does that mean for me? At thirteen, despise the middle ground bow down to no one but the tooth fairy and leave her dust in your tracks? … His smile opens and my heart sings at the magical essence of aging make-believe, familyContinue reading “Following the Path”