I watched as the children grabbed at things they wanted…books, toys, cookies. The objects they grabbed at might not have been the right the things for them, the books too easy or hard, the toys ones with too many pieces that would only frustrate the little hands. But they wanted them and fought and cried for them. [...]
Archive for December, 2009
9 Dec
A Small Christmas Tree
Today I took the boxes down from the stacks in the garage. It was time to put up the Christmas tree. First the little tree went up, lights were strung around the branches, and ornaments unwrapped to decorate the branches. A skirt was fashioned of ribbon. The entire process should not have taken long. But [...]
7 Dec
Hope
Last year at this time I woke up in a new city in a new space surrounded by boxes. I found my way to the coffee pot only to be surrounded by more boxes. What was this life that I was now living? What was I doing in this scary nightmare called life? A life [...]
