wrapped in a blue cloud cloth

Langston Hughes writes..."Bring me all of your dreams,
You dreamers,
Bring me all of your heart melodies,
That I may wrap them in a blue cloud cloth
Away from the too rough fingers of the world."

The winter days seem to stretch out in long and endless minutes for many people. It is not an easy season. And it reminded me of the "rough fingers of the world" that Hughes writes of. We have to wrap our dreams carefully and take good and gentle care of ourselves in these long days of rain, of cold, of ice and snow, and wrap ourselves in care for the even longer nights. These words go out to a friend whose night may seem very, very long. May she know that the morning will come. That she is not alone. And that she has given the world some melodies from her heart. A bit of humor too!

January 15 - A New Birthday for my Father...

Dear friends,

In just a few days, it will be a year since my dad's health crisis. A year ago, on January 15, he was rushed to the hospital for emergency, life-saving surgery and then began a harrowing journey of 53 days in ICU and step-down recovery and then a month of rehab. Recently he decided to claim a New day of birth - January 15 and celebrate beginning again, being saved, being offered the rare opportunity to live a new life.
I am grateful that my father is alive and with us still. He has a gentle spirit and a big heart. Thank you Sweet William! To a good New Year for us all...
May it be ever so.