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echos

 my house is silent only the echoes remain.  take a deep breath,  close my eyes as the past swishes by  the pain the sadness the joy, hope and promise  the me I was  driven with all-consuming love ,enduring the fight, the joy, the hope, all that fed me ,led me, swirls around shaking me to… Continue reading echos

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In that moment

In that moment, I could no longer protect him, keep him safe, and hold him close. My hands could no longer cover his ears and eyes from the injustices of the world, things to come and not yet seen. In that moment as if in a free fall, all the years of nurturing, loving, protecting… Continue reading In that moment