Birthday ruminations on your birthday Momma.

I knew growing up when all else failed, when desolation and abandonment threatened.  I always knew that you would be standing there, indefatigable not unlike the Rock of Gibraltar to infuse me with the ingredients to manifest what I deemed impossible to conceive. In a ugly world where being minimized, broken and stripped bear ofContinue reading “Birthday ruminations on your birthday Momma.”

Those Baptismal ruminations 

In the seconds prior to taking this picture in the Frederick, Maryland historic district, a cornucopia of thoughts ran through my mind. Those metaphors of baptism. The fear of swimming in – the uncertainty of our steps. Our desire to be cleansed of what would defile us and sweep us away in the proverbial currentContinue reading “Those Baptismal ruminations “