Guadalupe River




Thank you for the red-tailed hawk outside the door, for the dozen hummingbirds, the hundreds of bees.

Thank you for friends who genuinely love me as I am.

Thank you for email from sisters.

Thank you for the elderly who pour half a Coke, and tell of dances long ago.

Thank you for those who are patient with my darkness.

Thank you for former husband's wife and husband.

Thank you for those who point out my error.

Thank you for those who notice my good.

Thank you for the jokesters.

Thank you for Fonteyn and Nureyev who brought awe to a three-year-old 35 years ago, and bring joy to me now.

Thank you for counselors, yoga, Shintaido, buddies, and the eye doctor with red hair.

Thank you for a dad who has done well.

Thank you for musicians who give truth melody and rhythm.

Thank you for the teacher who says look forward, don't look back.

Thank you for animals who show how to move forward.

Thank you for the feathers along the trail.

Thank you for gentle sons who text crazy messages.

Thank you for the wine-colored moths.

Thank you for 8 cats, for stars outside car windows.

Thank you for Kandinsky, for Structure Joyeuse.

Thank you for fragrant tea received from others, and tea to offer others.

Thank you for light that eases the bruised heart; thank you for trees.

Thank you for strong legs and lungs.

Thank you for the river that flows.