Girls Will Be Women

Rules Are Changing -

Boys will be Boys, but
Girls increasingly become strong Women
Able to speak their truth and be believed.

In the wake of Dr. Christine Blasey Ford speaking up, I’ve been reading the many many stories pouring out by women who have quietly carried the secret of sexual assault and its echo of fear with them all their lives - and I’m thinking:

Boys will be Boys
Men will be Men
Girls become Women able to speak their truth.

Beware, the world is changing

JoMae
9/19/18

Quiet Time

Soaking in the Beauty...

QUIET TIME

Enjoying my small woods with book in hand

this stunning late September morning. 

A time to sort the day ahead

to read a bit and think

to meander deep

within and

listen 

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When I step into my inmost Self

for a time of quiet pondering

Godde is already there

Godde is always there - if

I’m aware or not. Always

near to listen, to engage

as I wrestle life issues

or just breath in the

beauty of the day

and listen

JoMae

9/21/18

Flashback - Morning Beauty

~ Morning Beauty ~

(Flashback to September 2012)

https://annaver.blogspot.com/2012/09/morning-beauty.html

The Elegance of Shadow

The garden is less lovely without John’s care

and his zinnias do not grace my table now

but the shadows still enthrall me

I find such beauty there

John introduced me to the elegance of shadow

on an early date, an evening walk around

Reed’s Lake as he pointed with wonder

to the lamp post reflected at our feet

I may not have even noticed.

John saw beauty in the shadows - 

a gift that keeps on giving to this day!

JoMae

9/14/18

Bubble of Light

~~ Bubble of Light ~~

Late afternoon.  The morning sunshine

pouring through these windows is long gone.

A confusing disappointment has left me empty, 

I am riding out the ending of the day ’til it is past.

And then. One tiny ball of light began to gently dance 

upon the carpet. Rays glancing off a neighbor’s window

seeping through the leaves to drop in on me a while?

It came and went, popped about a bit and brought a smile
for there is usually no sun in this room around this hour.
Still, there it was. An errant bubble bursting in and out

and in again until I got the message of its little light.

For even in the gloom the light of joy is present. Even

when we forget - are not aware - Love’s Presence

enfolds us and sometimes in the background of

an ordinary day, sometimes with a tiny nudge

brings a smile bursting to remind us to be

Joyful

JoMae
7/27/18