I wrote this last night thinking about the New Year… I had coffee with a new friend and we were sharing about our mutual challenges and I was talking about how we are both survivors. Yet in my determination to survive I always want more than that. I want to grow, change, learn, blossom, and thrive. And my new friend shared that, that morning she realized she too wanted to do more than survive. I think sometimes life is just so challenging all we can do is survive..but we have a moment when we know we will survive and we want more. Photography by Alice M. Boughton 1910. I Strive To Grow by Edith Lazenby The night chill warms my heart With the new moon. I have the blessing Of much to do: clothes need folding, Rugs need vacuuming, thank you notes Need writing, dishwasher is running, Kitties want loving and my hopes fly Feathered by prayers that dream Of love and goodness with buds With petals softened by compassion’s Care and healin...
Women's Spiritual Poetry