Linda Doty

Brilliant Blue Skies

The morning that my daughter Jennifer died it started to snow. I remember thinking, Im glad its snowing, it will blot out the world. I need for the world to be blotted out. The snow came down so heavy. I thought about the little statue of the Blessed Mother, my mother gave me. She will never let you down, she said. I remembered the vial of Holy Water a friend gave me when Jennifer first got sick. It had an inscription, our Lady of... (posted by Linda Doty 3 years 73 days ago.)

The Song of Welcome Spring

I took my walk this morning. It was cold and there was still snow everywhere but the sky was bright blue and the sun felt so warm it softened the coldness of the morning. The birds were everywhere, in the trees, all along my walk, singing happily a sweet song that I had forgotten. They sang it from the treetops, they sang it as they soared across the morning sky. It was the sweet song of welcome spring. I paused and looking... (posted by Linda Doty 6 years 79 days ago.)