Sometimes Alleluia

My chair My cardigan My cup of coffee My moment in silence My books My journal My music My lists My dreams My heart My determination My laugh My peace My mountain My ocean My blue My journey My forever field My brain My quarks My fixit My solutions My will to push on My spirit My loyalty My embrace My let it go My family My children My love My being My colors My patterns My collages My inspiration My writing My words My growth My healing My song My alleluia

You’ve heard it many times It goes by fast Sleepless nights disappear Pick-up and drop-offs are no more Messes are not left Chatter becomes just silence You hold space for your children In a different way now You worry they are safe You want them To make good choices To have you be a part of their life Not in an intrusive way But, in a way that lets them be who they need to be To grow how they need to To fail and get back up To entrust them to a higher power It goes by

Born whole and full of love on an army base Landstuhl, Germany To Jerry and Ruth Jerry the provider Ruth the heart of the home both generous beyond measure both determined to do better and give more than they received both at times my soul’s rest and yet at times, not always known or intentional, my wrecking ball Named by one sister mothered by another traveled the United States grappled with moving from base to base from sea to shining sea Unsure of myself my purpose

1 Chronicles 16:11 Look to t he Lord and his strength; seek his presence continually! Do you just need a win? Do you feel like you are...