Happy Pride Month! Whether you scream your truth from the rooftops, or live in quiet authenticity, I hope you live as your authentic self, surrounded by love. -gws
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Tag: wordswishesandwisdom
The Note
I received this wonderful note in the mail today. I happened to be looking at a FB post from the person who sent it when I opened it. It is a beautiful expression of appreciation and love, unexpected but wholly welcomed. It came on a day when it is a hard day. Where getting out of bed was hard. Fighting through the school day was hard. Where focusing on work is hard. This person’s words served a divine purpose with divine timing. I needed something to remind me I am enough. Something to remind me that I am seen in this moment when I’m feeling my most hopeless and helpless. Something to remind me that there is love and friendship and beautiful simplicity in my world to buoy my spirit in rough waters. Thank you, beautiful new friend. Your thoughtfulness threw me a lifeline today. I am blessed to know you and blessed to have the opportunity to get to know you better in the future. Thank you more than words can convey. -gws
Mother’s Day
To all of the women who care for others. Who nurture. Who give. Who love unconditionally. Who struggle to keep the world righted when all they want to do is unshoulder their responsibility for just a minute of rest and peace. For the men who are the sole/soul care giver. For the mothers who mourn. For the mothers in spirit and of spirit. For you all, may this Mother's Day allow you to reflect, to be present, to be honored by your own self, and those in your lives. Nurturing and tending to other souls is not easy, but it is an honor and blessing. I see you and love you, today and all days. -gws
Shhh
I wipe the small, petty, vindictive venom from your lips Sanitize the air polluted by them I will clip your fangs if I have to This is not the legacy we will pass on Your wounds Claw marks and ripped skin Will not mar youthful innocence And loving hearts They will continue to know a loving embrace And soft kisses for as long as possible Before the ugliness and cruelty of the world Changes them forever You will not speed them toward that end -gws
Perfumes
Sandalwood and oak Rich spice and damp earth Earthy sweet tobacco and the bite of wood smoke Oak-aged whiskey and deeply rich vanilla Sharp pine and spring rain Antiseptic eucalyptus Sweet mint Woody black peppercorns And the warm spiciness of cloves These are the smells of wild and seductive souls Dancing in overgrown gardens Gowned in moonlight Jeweled in dew Breathing each other in Trading flavored kisses Mingling and merging To become something new A unique, delightful discovery Of wild alchemy leaving its memory Scenting the air with the perfume Of love and magic - gws
I am… I have… I am full of… I am free..
I am whole I have the capacity for earnest joy I am full of gratitude and divine grace I am free to breathe easy -gws
Struggle and Acceptance
Knocked off my feet Tumbled and tossed Disoriented Lost Struggling Fighting Failing Unable to know up from down Gasping and desperate Threatened Panicked Scared *relax* *float* *you can ALWAYS float* I still myself Relax Trust Know And begin to ascend Freed from the struggle that was threatening me And distracting me from remembering my power Surrendering to acceptance isn't giving up or in It's accepting that it's okay to let go of the fight If it allows you to care for yourself It's having faith that divinity will help you with Rest of the heavy lifting Be present Be peaceful Be silent Be gentle Be... Just Be And the rest will work itself out -gws
Profound Gratitude
Given gifts of joy Being fully seated in the body Experiencing full presence Lingering moments of stillness Rooted in sense memory Reminding me how to be fully whole Fusing me to the earth and heaven In the space between breaths Leaving me in profound and All-encompassing gratitude for being alive -gws
Place Holder
You grabbed me in the airport souvenir shop and took me home You needed me because you were leaving her behind Leaving her to her new life New adventure in a New state Without you The distance was large and though I am small I am a place holder for a love that is larger than time and space You need my fluff to represent her hugs You knew she wasn't really leaving you It was just time for her to start a new chapter in her life You were used to being the one to go adventuring knowing she was Always there to return to She was always home Both a person and a place And now the place was changing And you could no longer just show up on her door when you need her When you are sad or missing her, you have me I am the recipient of her hugs and her love When you need more than her voice on the telephone You imbued me with magic that flows from your love for her And her unconditional love for you I am the quiet but cuddly representation of the love Shared by a mother and daughter Separated by distance But not by heart -gws
On Pandemic Parenting
A full circle 'round the sun And we're still doing this thing Trying to fit square pegs into round holes Trying to maintain a sense of normal When normal died an agonizing, public death last year Keeping small children indoors, on screens, for a year Taxes sanity for every family member The kids are stir crazy and so am I I’ve been able to see them all day, everyday for a year See their growth physically and emotionally Guide them more than I would have been able to before I have also watched us all struggle to focus on school With two-dimensional teachers trying to illustrate a 3-D world On screens where glitches are common and staying attentive is taxing Where friends aren’t friends, and discipline a suggestion How will the kids remember these times Will they see it as a blessing or a loss How will they tell their own tales of this lost year Will they consider the year a loss at all Or the time they got to spend everyday with each other And their parents Only time will tell Soon we will emerge again into a new and changed world We will learn to navigate We will learn a new version of normal Though I am exhausted beyond reason I am grateful for this year with my children I know I haven’t always been my best nor have they But we’re all, relatively, unscathed in the grand scheme As the weeks of school dwindle down, The weather warms and the days lengthen We work for the finish line where we will celebrate that we all survived This extraordinary year as a family and weigh our success by our efforts And not our results -gws
Words Wishes and Wisdom 