A little bit about me.
I have discovered that I value my flaws and the flaws of others. Reflecting on life as I approach another birthday, I see that the greatest lessons have come to me by way of flaws.
Those things that made me feel awkward and uncomfortable. The qualities that others declared, “just won’t work.”
I was lead to believe weakness in spelling and grammar would make it difficult to achieve the goal of writer. Not so. Great ideas, concepts, perspectives flow through my pen. Good editing software takes care of the rest. My Fall River, MA accent with is a unique blend of influences from many cultures caused me to think I wasn’t suited for talk radio. The only resolution for that was to take on an international program and blend in nicely with an array of accents.
I am caretaker to a young woman with a terminal brain disease called leukodystrophy. To some she has many flaws. With her imperfections, she has taught me more than anyone I have ever known. Some of my finer qualities where enhanced because of her so called flaws.
Then there is my cat, Maddy, who was born to feral parents. She has all the instinct of a feral cat mixed with the gentleness of a domestic cat. She flows back and forth between the two. I never know what mood will spring from her. She can be an unpredictable little girl. This behavior taught me quite a lot about boundaries and space.
For me lessons can be found everywhere. I enjoy the search for insight.
My sense of gratitude has been compounded since I began to look for the lesson and gift within flaws.
A poem: by Cove Queen Janine Sullivan
Found a broken conch shell and listened deeply
to the deep
and the narrow way.
What i heard and all i heard was wind
swirling around
and again, some sort of narrow way.
A speck of sand fell into my ear
uncomfortably so
like a rock in a way.
Digging at it only added irritation
so i titled my head
the grain fell away.
All so interesting
when a tiny crab crawled out
looking at me in an odd way.
Best to put the shell in the sand
let the habitat resume this
not so narrow of a way.
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