I broke
something today,
and I realized I should break
something once a week
to remind me
how fragile life is.
Fragile
Tag: life
Plant Yourself
Look where your feet are planted, and bloom where you are.
Unknown yet variations by many
Preservation
Caring for myself is not self-indulgence. It is self-preservation, and that is an act of political warfare.
She Enlivened
Carla Zilbersmith, inspiring theatre arts creative director, teacher, singer and comedian to her final words, wrote and performed her critically acclaimed one-woman show not long before her ALS diagnoses, which undermined the serious interest about to bring “The Wedding Singer” and Zilbersmith to a larger audience.
Carla is part of my self-portrait since she helped me develop hand character for my class monologue. People loved Carla. I loved Carla. There are no words for such loss except ALS sucks! and her own:
Elizabeth Oakley Weaver 