Category Archives: growth

Oct15

accomplishments.

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my granddaughter at her swim meet

i’ve watched her grow in strength and speed

my niece in her rowing regatta

i’ve watched her grow confident in trying new things

my good friend’s son on the keys in a jazz trio at an art fair

i’ve watched him grow to find his gift and proudly share it with others

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each has worked very hard

all have grown as people

in so many ways

what a thrill to see them 

stepping out into the world

exactly as they are

i could not be prouder.

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‘you get whatever accomplishment you are willing to declare.’

-georgia o’keeffe

Aug10

few things are more satisfying than seeing your children have teenagers of their own.~doug larson

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i have a great affection for babies and teens

awkward and gawky and working so hard to be independent

saw this group performing at a local small town event

song full of angst and sass, just wanting to be left alone to party.

what being a teenager is all about

trying on all the faces and seeing what fits 

some things never change just appear in a different form.

 

 

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“foolishness, radicalism, morbidity are marks of promising youth, the obvious signs of inward ferment. the melancholy pose, the affectation of pessimism and cynicism, the sentimentality, the conviction of genius, that many of us deplore or deride in certain young people, may be as natural to their age and disposition as the sense of immortality of which Hazlitt writes so feelingly in one of his essays. we should rejoice to find them. they are among the indications of spiritual growth.”

~Robert M. Gay, “As I Laye A-Thynkynge,” The Atlantic Monthly, January 1917

 

Aug23

move-in.

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it’s that time of year again

move-in week

the uni students have newly arrived or returned

for a year of who knows what lies ahead

 the stores, the streets, the students

are full of excitement, fear, questions, hopes

and a broom, a  big mirror, and a case of ramen noodles or two.

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“i move in the university of the waves.”

-pablo neruda

 

Mar12

in bud.

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flower and child

 both in bud

soon to blossom. 

 

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“so much is in bud.”

-denise levertov