Tag: outside

  • As Good As It Gets

    “It’s about as good a day as you’re going to get,” I told my younger brother.  Jake had been glued to the television all day playing some video game and it was seventy five and sunny outside.  “I’ll give you about ten more minutes to play and then you’ll have to come outside.  No excuses.”  As I left his room, I heard him…

  • The Window

    “We don’t have any windows.  How do we not have any windows?”  I took a deep breath and tried to calm my beating heart.  I was claustrophobic and if there weren’t windows in the hotel room, the walls started closing in.  “I was told there were windows,” Jeff said sensing my anxiety.  He gently took my arm and led…

  • Springtime Sun

    “The sun is bringing my life back,” I whispered to myself.  “This is exactly where I need to be.”    I stared at the clear blue sky and smiled.  I knew there was something off every day while I was visiting my friends, but I could never exactly put my finger on it.  I now knew what it was.  We…

  • Gently Flowing Creek

    The stones were singing to me the moment I stepped into the gently flowing creek.  Singing to welcome me home and to ask me what had taken so long.  I sat on the edge of the river and let the cool water wash away the problems of the day.    I always regretted not coming to…