Spring mud aromaRust and rot, sour, salty, sweetKids’ boots stuck in muck Photo by Ann-Christine @ https://lagottocattleya.wordpress.com/2021/03/04/thursday-thoughts-outdoors-varvinter/

Haiku #18

Pepper speckled snowSoot covered mounds melt slowlyGardens dream beneath Photograph by Marina Kanavaki @ https://marinakanavaki.com/ Please visit her multi-talented artist’s website

Haiku #17

Frost sculptured window—Our eyes and mouths wide open—Feathers flowers ferns Photo by Alexandr Frolov @ WikiMedia Commons

Haiku #16

Dark murky winterFrozen breath shrouds horizonStray dogs circle near Photograph by Heather Crawford @ FreeImages.com

Haiku #15

Swaddled head to toebundled up for polar pranks we dress snow people Photography by Henri Bonell @ Flickr

Haiku #14

Wednesday 27th July Just trying To keep smiling Shake off stress Worry less Having patience Don’t be complacent Work through pain Feel whole again Love you both so much Beloved sons xxxxx

Jyst trying

Originally posted on From Behind the Pen: Image Credit: Andrea Piacquadio ? ? ? ? The eyes have it, and the eyes can tell a lot. I needed corrective lenses, eyeglasses, contacts, or both since 4th grade. My optometrist back then told me to study by daylight and not strain my eyes by doing a…

Eye Need a Break

Originally posted on Nesie’s Place: ~~~~ Book Three: The Maison de Danse Quartet Suspense Date Published: 08-01-2022 Publisher: Épouvantail Books     Private investigator Joy Nakamura is working the strangest cold case of her career, the 1999 disappearance of the five Sanger children. Working the old files, she tries to make sense of a…

#TeaserTuesday “On the Beach (The Maison de Danse Quartet Book 3)” by Greg Jolley

https://pixabay.com/users/geralt-9301/ .I tried to be perfect as a coping mechanism, as a way to survive my father. As kids, we crave our caregiver’s approval. I feared being abandoned. Thinking my behavior, my performance, or achievement could bring me self-worth or safety ended in major disappointment. This void never leaves abused kids. We search for meaning […]

Perfection as a coping mechanism