when a ladybird crawled up my arm and settled on to me for the afternoon and evening.
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Before nightfall, I thought I better put her somewhere less peculiar than the crook of my elbow and the nape of my neck (she was a tireless traveller!) but I had already fallen in love. If I were a 4 year old Noo Yawker I would never have parted with her!
I have not been having an easy time of it this year. Nothing earth shatteringly original - simply the dull ache of a life with illness and the sadness that comes with the knowledge that I am not in the swim of things once more. The last time I felt so painfully out of the loop of my contemporaries was when my life with lupus first began... but I am a writer and where there are words there is a place for me. Where there are trees and the natural order of things, there is a place for me. So I breathe, pay attention and write!
5 comments:
A lovely post. I haven't seen a ladybird this year which is a bit worrying. I loved your photos and found your words inspiring.
you make me fall in love with you each time I come here ... :-)... is it a wrong term for a woman to woman love, that too for strangers?! I don't know but I just felt that way! :-D
My heart always lifts when I see you have posted, Radiant One! That ladybug knew good energy when she found it! Check out the glitzy nails, too! Maybe she thought you were a garden? Hang in there, kiddo. You will be back in the swim again. I must email you My Big News!!!!!!!
I am so drawn to your blog anytime I see that you're posting something, anything. You are very inspiring and I echo Sherry Blue's words.
Best wishes
I love it when creatures treat me like they would a tree or a blade of grass. My wife had a baby lizard spend a whole afternoon with her recently. Very best wishes, Cro xx
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