On a beautiful day of spring-like warmth and thaw
\nI take my nurturing morning walk of gratitude out to the garden
\nstill cloaked in the earthiest of browns
\ndraped in the sluggishness of late winter
\neverything lies rather quiet
\nthe sunshine itself of course, forever glorious
\nraises my face to the sky
\nand I smile, as this, just this, \u00a0standing here
\nface to the sun
\nis my very favourite moment in any day
\nthis fills me
\nslowly returning to myself, feet on the ground
\nI make my way to the far side of the pond
\nit is here, slightly startled I come upon one of my fish
\nlying in the grass
\nthe middle bits of his belly have been pecked away
\nfor just a brief few minutes I am saddened
\nas this poor fella didn\u2019t quite make it through the winter
\nbut then too, I recognize that my fish has now sustained someone
\nelse, maybe a raccoon, or a bird has found the necessary nourishment
\nneeded
\nthe ever moving circle of life<\/p>\n
It\u2019s been four years since my Gran died,
\nI got the call in the morning,
\njust two days shy of her eighty-ninth birthday
\nmy day had been set to prepare her birthday cake
\nas I had done, many, many times
\na peaceful end to a long life
\nwhat I wrote when my Gran passed was \u2018just how very much
\nI loved her\u2019, and that \u2018of course, she knew that\u2019
\nand she did
\nso it was with a different kind of sadness that I mourned her loss
\nI had spent a lot of time with my Gran
\nand caring for my Gran, so there was nothing left unsaid
\nbetween us<\/p>\n
Today would have been her birthday,
\nand while I am not very good at remembering dates on a calendar
\n(or should I say, without my calendar!)
\nI am reminded of this because today is my son\u2019s girlfriend\u2019s birthday
\na time to smile
\nand this too, it seems is
\nthe ever moving circle of life<\/p>\n
We are forever moving in sunshine
\nand shadow
\nand there is much Love and gratitude
\nin both
\nwe need only to
\nsee it
\nto feel it
\nand to
\nexpress it<\/p>\n
and we should not pass up an opportunity
\nto do so
\nbecause sometimes life is fleeting<\/p>\n
So say Thank you,
\nand I Love you
\nand you matter to me<\/p>\n
and maybe today,
\ntake that moment
\nto step\u00a0outside
\nto turn your face to the sun<\/p>\n
and just smile \u2665<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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