creative faery

Amazing grace and Easter

How appropriate for the day of Easter to be a day that I get feel the most amazing grace and acts of forgiveness....not to mention how awesome it is to be surrounded with family and friends.  I only wish I had a camera to take all those pictures!

To start, my friend Angel invited us over for crepes.  This is a woman who can make anyone feel calm and comfortable in their own skin.  She is laid back and enjoys each person for who they are and what they bring to the table.  Her kids are loving, kind, incredibly smart, and of course, just as laid back and easy going as she is!

Then, people started arriving at our house.  My baby turned 20.  My how time flies.  But here's the cool part, she invited her grandparents...her dad's parents...and we haven't been married for almost 20 years. ...grandma and I have always been friends, but grandpa, who used to be my friend until I could no longer be in relationship with his son, (definitely the most irreconcilable differences I've ever known), came too!  There wasn't an ounce of being uncomfortable.  We hugged; we celebrated; we talked and laughed.  It was AWESOME.  My daughter never thought twice to tell me they were coming, which means she was comfortable in inviting them...this made me incredibly proud that I had been open enough in building these relationships so long over the years, that this event could happen.  I never talked bad about their dad or anyone on his side of the family.  Because I wanted her to have what I never did, a loving caring family.  Time does heal wounds...and grace, indeed, is amazing...several other people who had difficult relationships came to dinner as well...all in the interest of this beautiful, wonderful girl, who loves everyone and wants everyone to be happy.

We had an Easter egg hunt...even the grown kids played...my table was the fullest it ever was...people dropped by that I never expected...we ate to our hearts content and we laughed more than I ever have.  Warmth...peace...understanding...abounding love...
Maybe pictures couldn't capture that...I am blessed.

The joy of Swings

              This photo, Next Destination, comes from Flickr,
              uploaded by pensiero.

Today when I read the prompt for READ WRITE POEM, I almost cried.  I remember when the carnival would come to town or the little street fairs with swings, and my daughter Kendra would stare...stare in awe...stare in amazement at the beauty of swinging so high...she always loved going high...there's a freedom in the air, much like I would imagine wings would make me feel...much as I've felt when I've skydived...I remember that when she was 3 she wanted to go so badly, but she was too short to ride the ride...but the carnie saw how badly she wanted to ride and asked me to come back later.  He let her ride special by herself for more than the allotted time.  I never saw a child more delighted...more joyful than in that moment.  To this day, it's still her favorite ride.  I wonder if it still gives her the same joy at 20, that it did on that day.  I hope so...because a mom has no greater wish than to see her children SOAR!!!

April - Poetry Month

So my friends, March slipped wayyyyy past me...spring was more
Winter, dreary, cold and somewhat lifeless...it even snowed yesterday - blizzard like flakes, it was the craziest thing!  And today, there's sun.....so I think I can get the writing groove going!

But my dear friends at Read Write Poem decided to do a poem a day and gave some awesome prompts...and though I probably won't be able to do a poem a day, I might be tempted to do a lot more due to these awesome prompts!

Today's prompt was to go to an on-line paint center site and use some of the colors to free-write, and take those ideas and create a poem from them.  It was fun!  Maybe the paint center colors will inspire you.  Click on their link to read the prompt and go on the Behr site.

Here are some fun colors I enjoyed and started a fantasy place:

Treasure Isle and Mermaid Harbor.  I have a cool tale I'm weaving and hope

to post later. 

In the meantime, I feel inspired and hope you visit too!  There are several posts that are very worthy of reading, especially Scarecrow's Dream.  ENJOY!