Note to Self


Write in the midst of storm.
Be OK even when uncertainty rules.
Show up and do the things on the list.

There was never a promise that life would be easy or the way smooth.

Hang in there.
Pay attention.
Write down details.
Wonder at small miracles – they are everywhere.

Bask in sunshine.
List your blessings.
Harvest fire-engine apples.
Eat almond butter – pure joy on a spoon.

Recall the smell
of your children’s hair
- one tucked under each arm -
as you read Harry Potter in bed.

Now you can write your life story.
Not a tragedy at all, it’s a love story.
Or an epic adventure
with you as the lead.


by Reneé Colclough Hinson, 2007


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