Month: December 2020

1. The Poet Talk Podcasts of Lisa Tomey including ours. I enjoy hearing from other poets and Lisa does a fabulous job of interviewing.
2. Leftovers from Thanksgiving dinner, yum.
3. Turkey soup simmering still lingering in the air.
4. E cards for Christmas that people can enjoy & discard.
5. Christmas cards wrapped in ribbons and saved that I received many years ago and still cannot toss, many with handwritten notes in them.
6. My writing groups (small) meeting live again, with caution and socially distanced.
7. My study group also meeting live, also socially distanced.
8. The joy of these meetings even with keeping distance and no touching.
9.  Reconnecting by telephone with longtime friends that I don’t see in person     

 from year to year.   Six Sentence Stories from Girlie on the Edge blog that keeps the creative   juices flowing and puts me in touch with new writers with cool mini stories.

1. The Poet Talk Podcasts of Lisa Tomey including ours. I enjoy hearing from other poets and Lisa does a fabulous job of interviewing.
2. Leftovers from Thanksgiving dinner, yum.
3. Turkey soup simmering still lingering in the air.
4. E cards for Christmas that people can enjoy & discard.
5. Christmas cards wrapped in ribbons and saved that I received many years ago and still cannot toss, many with handwritten notes in them.
6. My writing groups (small) meeting live again, with caution and socially distanced.
7. My study group also meeting live, also socially distanced.
8. The joy of these meetings even with keeping distance and no touching.
9.  Reconnecting by telephone with longtime friends that I don’t see in person     

 from year to year.   Six Sentence Stories from Girlie on the Edge blog that keeps the creative   juices flowing and puts me in touch with new writers with cool mini stories.

1. The Poet Talk Podcasts of Lisa Tomey including ours. I enjoy hearing from other poets and Lisa does a fabulous job of interviewing.
2. Leftovers from Thanksgiving dinner, yum.
3. Turkey soup simmering still lingering in the air.
4. E cards for Christmas that people can enjoy & discard.
5. Christmas cards wrapped in ribbons and saved that I received many years ago and still cannot toss, many with handwritten notes in them.
6. My writing groups (small) meeting live again, with caution and socially distanced.
7. My study group also meeting live, also socially distanced.
8. The joy of these meetings even with keeping distance and no touching.
9.  Reconnecting by telephone with longtime friends that I don’t see in person     

 from year to year.   Six Sentence Stories from Girlie on the Edge blog that keeps the creative   juices flowing and puts me in touch with new writers with cool mini stories.

What if —Arlene Benden Enos

If tomorrow never comes

Will I be content with the life I lived

If tomorrow never comes

Will I have told my family how much I love them

If tomorrow never comes

Will I have forgiven those who harmed me

If tomorrow never comes

Will I understand all that has happened

If tomorrow never comes

Will I know my time here was worthwhile

If tomorrow never comes

Will I care how much money I had

If tomorrow never comes

Will I have many regrets

If tomorrow never comes

Will my children truly know the real me

If tomorrow never comes

Will I have made a difference

If tomorrow never comes

Will I remember this life and not make the same mistakes

I wonder

People talk about the good old days and groan about growing older. But I remember those days of juggling multiple jobs to stay afloat financially. Trying to keep the kids straight while trying to give them a good life in bad times was stressful.

Those days left me no time for classes or studying or doing anything what I wanted to do. Life was all about pleasing, supporting someone else; responsibilities, heavy weights on my shoulders not always with happy results. No more walking the beam; I’ll take the aging with the benefits of easier living, less responsibility and lots of time to indulge my passions.