10 thoughts on “my spirit’s shaken flame”

  1. Indeed – but you can then go ahead and write your name, life, future you way you want.

    1. Thank you, magsx2! Whenever I see driftwood I start wondering from where it originated and what it might have been through to arrive on the particular beach where it is finally resting.

    1. I love your very evocative words, Kathy! Hearing my ancestors’ blessings this week and have been doing some work on the family history to honor them…

    1. Thank you, Rosie! When I was little and my mother would explain something to me, like the “butterflies” in my stomach whenever I was nervous about something new, I used to wonder who told it to her, and how far back the telling would go. How many generations to the mother who first used the metaphor to encourage and reassure her child?

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