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Healing Hope Mindfulness Nature Spirituality Women's Issues Writing

A 2022 Story, Part 8

A 2022 Story You can read part 7 here: https://www.melindacoppola.com/a-2022-story-part-7/ Part 8 Many suns and moons came and went as Little Stream and Wee Lily Pond tumbled along in the powerful pull of Big…

MelindaJuly 23, 2023

Mindfulness Nature Poem Poetry Spirituality Women's Issues Writing

Hush

I'm pleased that my poem, " Hush", was published in Amethyst Review today. Hush Is it by aging alone that I landed in this sparse, harsh forest, where most branches are sharp, all bark…

MelindaJune 8, 2023

Hope Mindfulness Nature Writing

A 2022 Story, Part 7

A 2022 Story, Part 7 You can read part 6 here: https://www.melindacoppola.com/a-2022-story-part-6/ Part 7 A spark of something wonderful rose inside Little Stream as she waited for Wee Lily Pond to push her towards…

MelindaMay 10, 2023

Death and Dying Love Mindfulness Spirituality Women's Issues Writing

It Goes Like This

You smile down on me from a slightly precarious perch on the shelf above my messy desk. It’s my favorite photo of you—young and exuberantly happy, arms flung wide, dressed in colorful layers that reflect…

MelindaMarch 29, 2023

Death and Dying Healing Mindfulness Nature Spirituality Women's Issues Writing

A 2022 Story, Part 6

And why, you might be asking, is she still working on a 2022 story? We are, after all, a few sturdy strides into 2023 spring. The answer is in the story itself. If you’ve been…

MelindaMarch 25, 2023

Death and Dying Healing Love Mindfulness Nature Spirituality Women's Issues

A 2022 Story, Part 5

A 2022 Story You can read part four here: htts://www.melindacoppola.com/a-2022-story-part-4/ Part 5 Little Stream wasn’t sure Lily Pond had heard her question, so she asked again. “Wee Lily Pond, do you think there…

MelindaFebruary 24, 2023

Death and Dying Love Mindfulness Nature Women's Issues Writing

a 2022 Story, Part 4

You can read part three here: https://www.melindacoppola.com/?p=2948 Part 4 Little Stream and Wee Lily Pond bounced amicably against each other as they were rushed along in Big River’s mighty flow. “So, how’d you get…

MelindaJanuary 28, 2023

Death and Dying Love Mindfulness Nature Spirituality Writing

A 2022 Story, Part 3

A 2022 Story Part 3* Nudge, nudge. Tap, tap. There it was again! A pattern, far from random. Little Stream was weary from the effort of holding herself together for an unknown number of suns…

MelindaJanuary 16, 2023

Death and Dying Mindfulness Nature Women's Issues Writing

A 2022 Story, Part 2

Little Stream Part 2* Little Stream could feel herself being pushed and pulled and hurried along in Big River’s watery trajectory. For the first time in her flowing life she lost track of the passage…

MelindaJanuary 7, 2023

Death and Dying Mindfulness Nature Women's Issues Writing

A 2022 Story

There was a little stream—more of a rivulet, really—that dribbled and dripped and murmured along through a swath of untamed land. Many moons and suns cast their light upon her waters as she found…

MelindaDecember 31, 2022

It Goes Like This

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