Tag Archives: innocence

A Toast to Childhood

Posted on December 3, 2018 by Maggie C

“Cheers, everyone!” Glasses raise in salute. “Clink glasses!” a child calls. Same granddaughter who clapped and “yay”ed following a somber hymn at my dad’s funeral. That’s how her performances are received. I smile and bend down toward her happy face. … Continue reading →

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Pure White

Posted on June 10, 2016 by Maggie C

Pure – 1. free from anything of a different, inferior, or contaminating kind; free from extraneous matter. Free from difference, inferiority, contamination… Perhaps, just perhaps, purity is in the eye of the beholder. Pure white flowers, tinged in purple. … Continue reading →