Mayday May Day
Holding the tips of frayed ribbons We dance around the maypole, Celebrating yet another spring, Another rebirth Another beginning Another renewal. May was named after the Roman goddess Maia. Maia was the eldest of the Seven Sisters, the seven nymphs who represented the constellation of the Pleiades. Ruled by Taurus, symbolized by the ram, it […]
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Me & My White Privilege
My white privilege was showing, like a slip peeking out from under my skirt.
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I Was the Sheriff of Nottingham
I'm not a complete idiot. I get it now. Yeah, it took a while. I’ve learned that about myself. It takes me a while to fully grasp things sometimes. I have to study it from all angles. I want to make sure I get it right. That’s been my problem all along. I was always […]
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A Birthday & 2 Funerals
Reminds me of that movie, Two Weddings and a Funeral. I never actually saw that movie, but I guess the sentiment remains. How do you celebrate someone’s birthday, while on the same day mourning the loss of two lives? That’s a lot to handle. It may seem strange, but there is a weird beauty in […]
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Longing to Love
I’ve been loving the wrong way. I try to love others the way I need to be loved. I got it backwards. Each person has their own language in regards to love. The Five Love Languages by Gary Chapman describes each of them beautifully. We try so hard to get people to love us the […]
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Turtle Shell
There is this scene in the movie Brick (one of my all time favorite movies, by the way) where Brendan walks into the room and Laura is reciting poetry while playing softly on the piano. This is something that I have only dreamed of, but the truth is that I am too chicken shit to […]
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Hyper-Connected Relationships
I am not entirely sure where I heard about this book. I read a lot, and I read a lot of book reviews. Anytime I come across a book that I think looks interesting, I add it to my Goodreads list. Occasionally (okay, more like every other day) I receive an email from them with […]
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Iris Lane
We celebrate the beauty of rainbows After the rains. We forget This is the soul's path. Iris, Greek goddess of the rainbow, A bridge Between the earth And the next journey. Mad love, Jenna
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Good Grief
I remember the day I found out so vividly, except I felt so numb at the same time.
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How Are You Feeling Today?
As I have gone through the different iterations of these words on a page, I feel like I have evolved along with them in some ways. As the pages become, dare I say prettier, so have I in a sense. I can at least stop and ask myself what is really going on. That's more than I used to know. And that, my friend, is progress. And progress, to me, is quite pretty.
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