So this is what I've been up to: buying and wrapping gifts writing and sending holiday cards helping the kids with school work/home work reading poetry Our dining room table is Grand Central Station. What's hilarious is the heave-it-off-to-eat-then-put-it-all-back-on habit that we've all grown accustomed to each time we eat dinner. Oh, you do that… Continue reading Holiday Time (Almost)
Author: Vanessa Shields
Writer. Mother. Lover.
Heeding The Call During Dishes
This is where I wash the dishes. The window looks into the muddy back yard. There is barely room to stack the dirty dishes to the left what with the school lunch pails, the knife block, and the paper towel stand taking space. To the right, pots and pans always clutter the counter, butting up… Continue reading Heeding The Call During Dishes
Power of Poetry and Rest – Hafiz
"Just sit there right now Don't do a thing Just rest. For your separating from God, From love, Is the hardest work In this World. Let me bring you trays of food And something That you like to Drink. You can use my soft words As a cushion For your Head." (The Gift, pg. 183)… Continue reading Power of Poetry and Rest – Hafiz
VANESSA SHIELDS 