Self-Care Archives - Soft In Hard Places

View From A Quarantine

LisaPullenKent — Thu, 23 Apr 2020 00:06:38 +0000

”Is this our new normal?” we find ourselves wondering, though we know it can't go on forever. For now, though, we have nowhere to be except right where we are and that has never happened. I recognize it for the miracle that it is. But on Day eleventy-seven of our release from the confines of routine, I'm starting to feel a little adrift. Continue reading →

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And Miles To Go Before I Sleep

LisaPullenKent — Thu, 28 Aug 2014 03:40:36 +0000

It comes in five stages: denial, anger, bargaining, depression and, finally, defeat. I mean, acceptance. The stages aren’t always in that order and some resurface frequently. Like bargaining. Especially bargaining. We all know one should never negotiate with terrorists, even if they are tiny. Continue reading →

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Big Rocks

LisaPullenKent — Wed, 18 Jun 2014 15:18:55 +0000

For a year now, I’ve intended to write about turning 50––a contemplative, insightful piece extolling the wisdom gained from living for half a century, but I ran out of time. In a few days I’ll be 51. Gone the way … Continue reading →

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The Essence of Her Presence

LisaPullenKent — Tue, 07 May 2013 12:31:24 +0000

She walks in beauty, like the night Of cloudless climes and starry skies . . . Lord Byron (George Gordon) When I was 13 I sketched my mother’s profile in church. Regal, she sat with her chin tilted upward, receiving … Continue reading →

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Accouchement

LisaPullenKent — Mon, 15 Apr 2013 09:42:54 +0000

My husband and I had dinner last week with another couple, friends of ours expecting their first child(ren), twins, and expecting them soon. As we joked about the wife’s swelling feet and widening girth, (and the good fortune that her … Continue reading →

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Crystallizing Iridescence

LisaPullenKent — Tue, 15 Jan 2013 09:36:37 +0000

A hush descends on the world when it snows. The fluffy white stuff covering the ground, coating trees and houses and cars, mutes the volume of the world. It smooths rough edges. Softens hard places. Magic glitters in the stillness. The newly fallen snow collects, untouched and fresh. A blank canvas to be painted. A story to be written. A new year to be lived. Continue reading →

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Joyride

LisaPullenKent — Sun, 15 Jul 2012 01:07:58 +0000

The secret of life is enjoying the passage of time. Any fool can do it; there ain’t nothing to it. Nobody knows how we got to the top of the hill. But since we’re on our way down, We might … Continue reading →

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To Everything a Season

LisaPullenKent — Thu, 05 Apr 2012 01:01:54 +0000

The way I walk I see my mother walking, the feet secure and firm upon the ground. The way I talk I hear my daughter talking, and hear my mother’s echo in the sound. The way she thought I … Continue reading →

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