May the coming New Year bring you joy, love and peace.
愿新年为您带来快乐，友爱和宁静。
yuàn xīnnián wèi nín dàilàái kuàilè, yǒu’ài hé níngjìng.
—
what would bring you joy, love, or peace in the new year?
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“people fail to get along because they fear each other;
they fear each other because they don’t know each other;
they don’t know each other
because they have not communicated with each other.”
– dr. martin luther king, jr.
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i’m very honored to see
that i was squeezed in between
‘tacos’ and ‘fall’
as one of my grandie’s favorite things.
life does not get better than that.
i love you too.
—
“every day is quite unique, which is one of my favorite things!”
-payal kadakia
we spent our last day together
glenn frey the cat, not the rocker
olive the cat, not the oil
and me.
glenn has taken a turn for the worse
and is quickly slowing down
resting in his favorite place
with olive refusing to leave his side
the three of us
sit in the quiet
just breathing
looking out at the signs
of the seasons changing
taking in the breezes.
i think back to his multiple rescues
his funny, crazy ways
his very loud voice
how i often spelled his name wrong
how he acted tough at first
but was really such a gentle giant
how he tried to camouflage himself in the vines and flowers
how he welcomed another rescue, tiny olive
into our little family.
in the morning
there will be
just two of us left
when we return to this room
as we say farewell
to our sweet friend, glenn frey.
even the flowers are sad.
and love rules the day.
—
rainbows apologize for angry skies. ~sylvia voirol
when a kinder
in my class
asked me
to show her
how to spell
these words
it was
because
she was
writing
a
birthday card
for her
mother
and
there
could be
no finer gift
than
this
beautiful
poem of love
she created.
