I don’t know what the New Year will bring
But I promise to wake everyday
Loving myself more,
To honor my own needs, and
To breathe life into the magic of my deepest dreams.
It is time for me to live an intentional life.
-gws
On Entering 2024
Tag: Prose
Choice
I cannot choose how others behave. I can only choose how I will react. I will choose the actions that protect my serenity. -gws
More
I am so much more than the expectations of others. -gws
Growing Up
It's so beautifully sad when our children cast off who we have known them to be to start creating who they wish to be. -gws
Autumn Memories 3
Gray mornings where the fog veils the landscape in its cloak of chilly mystery and muffles the sounds of a busy fall commute -gws
Autumn Memories 2
Vibrant yellow ginkgo leaves gilding the sidewalks in the tea-colored afternoon sunlight. -gws
Autumn Memories 1
I miss foggy autumn mornings in San Francisco having breakfast with my bestie in his haunted apartment in a building which was once a Gilded Age brothel. -gws
Death
The dead are not lost to you. They are changed. They are transformed. You have not lost them. You are feeling lost without them. Feel. Be. Grieve. Watch. Listen. Be present. They will make themselves known to you when you are both ready. Death feels like loss, but it is really just change we lack the skills to comprehend. -gws
Words for a Dear Friend
It's easy for me to imagine how you might be rolling through all kinds of emotions. I'll hold space for you. I'll sit with you in the quiet of your storms. I'll be your safety whether you're overwhelmed or just contemplative. I've sat with you through hard things before, and I will do it again. -gws
That Moment
That moment when you’re in freefall, just before you hit the ground to shatter apart into bitter shards of disappointment.
-gws
Words Wishes and Wisdom 