20 comments


  • Gina Barlean

    Sounds like you had a beautiful childhood. This put me in a lovely place. Thanks for writing!

    December 14, 2020
    • Write in Community

      Your lovely painting was a perfect accompaniment to the post. Thank you for sharing, Gina. Isn’t it often those places that are “tucked in”, off the beaten path, that bring us a sense of intimacy and belonging?

      December 14, 2020
  • Jan C Bretz

    This is beautiful, Becky. You did have an enchanted childhood and the eyes to acknowledge it. I so love the word “home.” Your piece brings me peace and hope–a lovely advent. Thank you.

    December 14, 2020
    • Write in Community

      I’m glad this post brought you peace and hope, Jan. So much is needed in this world.

      December 14, 2020
  • Lorrie Bryant

    Loved this piece, Becky. It took me back to my great grandparents home in rural Nebraska where I enjoyed such happy times and made cherished memories!

    December 14, 2020
    • Write in Community

      So glad, Lorrie, you had a special place, too. Those memorable farm homes AND the people in them were a treasure.

      December 14, 2020
  • Margaret Walker

    Becky, I knew well before I finished the first paragraph that you were the author. It simply shines of “you”.
    Like you, “I needed to hear those legacy stories, how brave and, sometimes heroic, my grandparents and extended family were. I know how they struggled—I saw my grandfather’s gnarled hands—and, yet, they somehow held on to what mattered.” Now, I hold on to those stories when I most need solace or hope. I still feel my hand in that of my grandfather as we walked down the path to the barn in the early light of a Blue Ridge Mountain morning.
    Thank you.

    December 14, 2020
    • Write in Community

      I can see you now, Margaret, walking with your grandfather catching the early morning light. I’m sure it was memorable for him, too.

      December 14, 2020
  • Rosanne Liesveld

    The beautiful writing here is only matched by the beautiful concept. So much to inspire here!

    December 14, 2020
    • Write in Community

      Hope is like sunrise–it brings us a new day. Thank you, Rosanne.

      December 14, 2020
  • Mike Stinson

    The power of detail exhibited in your writing here, Becky. Something about this “season” can certainly stir memories of “home”. Good exercise to fondly reap some of them, create images, and wrap them in a message of hope.

    December 14, 2020
    • Write in Community

      Thank you, Mike. There is something about thinking of home that brings back promises of the past. It is reassuring in a way.

      December 14, 2020
  • Thank you, thank you for this!

    December 14, 2020
    • Write in Community

      Reading your poetry, Marge, often makes me think about home and what is important. I always appreciate your words.

      December 14, 2020
  • Gale E Breed Jr.

    Becky,
    Your story took me back to Manhattan, Kansas and the 2 weeks I’d spend with my Grandparents each summer. Their little white house and backyard filled with flowers and sunny days to explore and reflect. Playing cards with grandma and waiting for grandpa to get home from work so we could go fishing. And after dinner we would sit on the front porch swing and enjoy the cool evening breeze as they both did their best to answer all my questions.

    December 14, 2020
    • Write in Community

      I’m glad you thought about your wonderful grandparents. And I bet you had a lot of questions!

      December 14, 2020
  • Julie Uribe

    Becky, you stirred my senses and my soul.
    Thank you, friend.

    December 15, 2020
    • Write in Community

      Thank you, Julie. Words are great transporters, they can take us places.

      December 15, 2020
  • Brian

    Good morning Becky,

    The “sunrise” in your writing was matched by the picturesque iridescent sunrise we had here in Indiana this morning. Both spectacular!
    I grew up on Sunrise Road. Your beautiful composition transported me home. Thank you for taking me there, My home, with love overflowing will always represent the “hope and promise” of great days ahead.

    I’m working on a song based on Sunrise Road. Thank you as always for the wonderful inspiration and uplifting message.

    Brian

    December 15, 2020
    • Write in Community

      We can be heartened that better days are ahead. I don’t know if it will be a miracle, but, with great relief, a sense of solace is spreading over me.

      December 15, 2020

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