Category Archives: joy
Harlem School of the Arts, part three
Scene 1: A metro train to the city on a cold but sunny autumn day. It is mid-morning and the train is half as full as the early morning commuter trains but twice as loud. A few seats away from … Continue reading
Filed under joy, the spirit within
The Harlem School of the Arts, part two
That first week the older girls laughed at Q; when he couldn’t get the steps right and another boy trying to be helpful, ran up and took Q’s arms and physically placed them where they should be. We started class … Continue reading
Filed under joy, motherhood, my Q, q's words, the spirit within
privately – walking to joy
www.walkingtojoy.com the new blog. the main one. the one where i write about flauta and haiti and love and failure and all that stuff that is me but not the private family stuff well, actually i never put private family stuff … Continue reading
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joy – unexpected
i have been unprepared for the joy that has taken over my being where is it coming from why now the world’s suffering has not stopped i have dear friends (whom i have not met) that i carry in my … Continue reading
Filed under joy, sisterhood, the spirit within
the wait
we have been waiting when Q was three Y looked at me over his newspaper and said something like… we should think about adopting that was it i had already been thinkng the same thing and so the next day … Continue reading
Filed under joy, the adoption journey, Y
joy, day one
joy is work i don’t mean that to work is joyful i mean maybe for some… but for me to sit, on a beach in italy and do nothing but look at the men that’s joy no what i mean … Continue reading
Filed under joy, me, motherhood, my Q, self care, the spirit within
