1. life mates

    I was walking Blue on toward home, when I spied a cardinal pair swoop and fly together, side by side, as the cold wind blew. That’s love.

    February 14, 2013
    a.k.a. Valentine’s Day

  2. The melancholy river bears us on. When the moon comes through the trailing willow boughs, I see your face, I hear your voice and the bird singing as we pass the osier bed. What are you whispering? Sorrow, sorrow. Joy, joy. Woven together, like reeds in moonlight.

    — Virginia Woolf, A Haunted House, And Other Short Stories (via violentwavesofemotion)

    Sighing melancholy sighs at reading this brief quote with many of my favorite things: a river, a weeping willow, joy and moonlight. Oh, sorrow. Yes. Woven amidst the rest, I know you too, but joy ultimately wins. ~Janean

    January 31, 2013

  3. zig zag

    looking back
    because that’s what we do
    there are times
    we could have zagged
    instead of zigged
    visa versa too
    we can’t go back
    there are no do overs
    I’m just glad
    I’ve spent these years
    with you

    looking forward
    we have more questions
    than answers
    and when we get them
    we may wish
    we didn’t know
    so let’s zig more
    and zag less
    and remember
    to laugh and love and live
    for as long as we have left
    together
    could be you’re stuck with me
    for many years yet
    so I can baffle and perplex you
    with more poems
    about zigging and zagging

    June 18, 2012

  4. 5-31-12

    I peeked inside my wedding ring to see the engraving, “JMT - MTB 5-31-97”.

    Yep. It’s today! Happy 15th Anniversary to my wonderful husband!

    I love you and look forward to celebrating many more anniversaries together.

    ~ Janean

  5. today is the day

    today is the day

    that chemo starts again

    not for me

    for him

    I am writing about burnt toast

    and brightly colored socks

    because it’s easier

    to be chatty

    about breakfast

    and strands of cotton

    than the unknown force

    that six months of chemo

    will be in my husband’s body

    we all feel the apprehension

    inside this house

    we go together

    at 12:30 p.m.

    today is the day

    Ugh. 

    © Turquoise Tangles

  6. sleep

    I slept four hours

    hard

    thanks to Sandman

    and the cat

    they both cuddled me

    fast asleep

    sometime before ten

    now it’s the wee hours

    of the night

    full dark outside

    I can hear the clock tick

    and the chimes chime

    my child’s cough

    from up the stairs

    I’ll tuck back in

    before the sun rises

    or midday

    for a nap

    home feels good

    after four nights

    in the hospital

    we’re together 

    again

    sleepin’ under

    the same roof

    as it should be