Animals in SpiritFebruary, 2013
A Poem About Forgiveness
(I hope you enjoy reading it as much as I enjoyed writing it.) It all turns out in the end. Like the wash The colors don’t all run together. My will keeps it all in order. Sorts through the dirty laundry Separates the light from the dark, Because I can. Is forgiving my sister as […]
Living a Good Life and Dying a Good Death—Lessons from a Chicken
As I went out to care for the chickens a few weeks ago, I noticed one of the chickens slowing down and withdrawing from the rest of the flock. The younger hens would run excitedly out to the grassy area to eat the day’s chicken scraps, but she would linger behind in the covered area near the hen house. She […]
