#sol23 April 18 I Breathed Deeply

 

We sat there, waiting

Women of a certain age

Awaiting the results of an assessment.

Squeezing into a refrigerator door

Waiting with baited breath

Hoping you will be cleared to leave.

Someone called my name

Greeted me warmly

Escorted me to her room.

I held my breath

I smiled as she introduced herself,

I breathed as she described her journey

A former student, a struggling reader,

Now a radiologist.

#sol23 Learning to Sign Up

There was the obligatory plastic-egg hunt

Followed by the expected separating and sorting.

There was the obligatory deviled eggs

Along with the expected shrimp and antipasto.

Then, there was an unexpected activity

Created by creative emerging writers

Partnering young cousins with adults

Who "sighned up" 

Not in scrip" please

For an adult egg hunt.

That sign up is special in

Learning to be writers ways.

The memories are special in

Post pandemic ways.

 

#SOL23 April 4 Promise of Good Eats

 

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Deer were a recurring theme 

When a I lived deep in the woods.

Admittedly, "I" was in their territory.

Now, I live 10 feet from my neighbors

Not far from busy highways.

Deer were a recurring theme

As I wrote every day in March

Leaving babies for "day care"

Crossing highways for "better eats."

Deer seem to be a recurring theme

As this new month begins

With a promise of new life, good eats,

Family gatherings and celebrations

"Keep hope alive," as she samples

Golden forsythia blossoms?