Tag: love

  • A Father’s Love

    Today’s #bloganuary question is: “What is the earliest memory you have?” I thought about this quite a bit today. First and foremost, I was excited to do the illustration because I suck at hands and I wanted to get some practice by working on this girl’s pensive pose. I’m learning that it works best to…

  • The Release

    The Release

    Stories We Tell A Fictional Series When Delilah was about three or four, I lost her in the grocery store. I found her – thank God – and the whole ordeal makes for an amusing anecdote, but that’s not the story I want to share at the moment.  After I told Levi what had happened,…

  • Richer Stories

    Stories We Tell A Fictional Series Having two brothers who were not much younger than many of my friend’s parents, it stands to reason that I had a niece and nephew before I graduated from junior high. It was pretty cool to call myself an aunt, because it was like some weird rite of passage.…

  • Beauty & the Beast

    Beauty & the Beast

    Like a beast, he prowled, His heart tamed, behind breath’s steam, Subdued by beauty. I thought I’d try another photo / illustration combo tonight. The illustration is mine but the photo of the tiger was borrowed with permission. I made the image especially for Ronovan Writes Haiku Challenge: Beast & Steam and I’d have to…

  • Emotions: Love

    Emotions: Love

    “Love in its essence is spiritual fire.” —Lucius Annaeus Seneca I thought I’d show a little LOVE tonight because I’m afraid that some of my posts may have given love a bad rap. My love addiction didn’t really have anything to do with love. Not real love, anyway. Just the feelings that the thought of…

  • Memories Cherished

    Memories Cherished

    I can see the roses, Engraved atop your door, Like a photograph, Etched into my mind. I can feel the warmth, Of the love that lived inside, The light flickering through, Making the petals sway. The entrance is weathered now, It’s colors, bleached by the sun. And paint chips… They fall like tears. A lifetime…