I have been pretty sick for a while

so that is why I may have seemed silent

When I am not well I disconnect

and relax until I feel better

I know it can be testing for some of my friendships

I hope that you can be patient

My mother’s prognosis is not good

and that is making me anxious

I am not sleeping well

so I am feeling fragile

The basement flooded the other week

just what I needed

Sometimes it feels like chaos

I begin to explore different ways of thinking

In all of this, there is love and life

and things can induce laughter

When the cleaners came to restore the basement

they got rid of what was contaminated

And that which could be salvaged

was put in boxes which they labelled

The other day I noticed the box

the one that you see in the picture

Someone has a sense of humour

and the moment induced a smile and laughter

It also made me wonder

I haven’t opened it, curious but cautious

There is a history of a family scattered through this house

they may seem like stuff, but they are also memories

The Easy Bake Oven, Ker-Plunk

Lite Brite shines on the silver linings