It’s Done

Now there is the
endless space
he used to fill

the endless to do
list to get affairs
in order

The mental fog
that’s either
life’s comfort

or the aftermath,
reflecting the
magnitude

of the quake
splitting open
the ordinary

So I buy his favorite
cherry tomato plant
I plant it

What else would,
could, I do

Comments

  1. Terri Gibson says

    Awwww…. My thoughts and prayers are with you… Peace be still..

  2. Mary Bast says

    How sweet and right, Barb, nurturing a plant he loved. Your grief will follow its own path, but my mental fog lasted about two weeks. Do whatever you can to take care of yourself. I’m sure you have many friends right there in Cincinnati, but f you want to talk, please call. I love you.

  3. Peace and love …

  4. Kathleen says

    Hands in the earth… planting for Joseph, for you…. Grace-fully guided, to the next step. Love you.

  5. Joy Hart says

    Blessings to each of you as you embark on the next leg of your journeys.

  6. Lee Ann Austin says

    I’ve put Cousin Joseph in the bird’s song. I call it “Joseph’s Song” The bird serinades me and the white squirrel every morning around 8am while I meditate outside with the Mother Earth. Enjoy the sweet cherry tomatoes!! Keeping you in my daily meditation for self compassion to your true Being.

  7. Peggy Lawson says

    Because we are all One, as you suffer, I suffer. I believe that your suffering is lightened as I suffer alongside you, and hope you can feel the lightened load.
    I’m so glad you were able to find something to do with your planting to honor Joseph’s memory. I hope you do a post to say how the tomatoes taste later in the summer.

  8. Rev Linda Ketchum says

    Barbara know my prayers are with you and I am ALWAYS available as a listening prayinf ear when you need it