"I hold on to dates like others hold onto pictures and ticket stubs and brochures. I hold onto those too, but dates mean something entirely different for me. I remember the dates of important conversations, when I started counseling, birthdays, anniversaries. It's a common phrase in our household for me to start a conversation with, 'Oh! A year ago today we...' I put the date on Everything."
A look back on last week, interspersed with what this same week looked like last year. What did your this time look like last year compared to last year for you? What were you favorite things that happened this year?
These are the days // What I hope becomes a weekly reflection of life and thankfulness and a way to get pictures off my phone.
Day 1 of the January 2021 round of the 30 Day Haiku Project
A nighttime poem, written in a moment, about that moment, trying to make a way back to creativity and words.
We achieved a long-time-comin' goal and now I'm afraid it's not good enough. On May 29th, 2020, Anthony and I wrapped up May's budget and made our final debt payment on the student loan. WE'RE DEBT FREE! It was surreal. It still is to a certain extent. We told our landlords because they were our … Continue reading Life in the Middle
Day 22 "lessons from quarantine" here, today, right now the only moment we have i'm embracing it This one came to me while putting away today's second load of laundry. How do you wrap up an entire 157 days worth of lessons in 17 syllables? And let's be honest, I haven't been learning this entire … Continue reading Story Behind the Poem // day 22
Day 19 "around the house" the mattress is out in the living room. thanks heatwave. cats are everywhere. Moochy, the aesthetic cat Edward, the precious cat Alphonse, the photogenic cat Dear California, You've been in plus 100 degree weather for like a week now. I love you because I've grown up here, my people are … Continue reading Story Behind the Poem // day 19
A weekend of summer haikus.
Day 13 "summer sips" fruit juice with dinner / black coffee in a paper / cup, iced chais with friends We don't have a special summer drink, so this is what I came up with for today. The juice we have is a strawberry banana flavor and I first tried it at a women's day … Continue reading Story Behind the Poem // day 13
Mrs. Writer 