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Close quarters & distant dreams

2022 February 17th1995 April 26th

in good times and in bad
’til death do us part
isn’t just for marriage —
but family too — lifelong vows
coursing through our blood

—Terri Guillemets

Categories Personal Journal Tags brothers, family, fathers, mothers, parents, poems, relationships, sisters

In pieces

2022 July 21st1995 January 12th

The emotions are part of the wound.

—Terri Guillemets

Categories Personal Journal Tags adversity, body, emotions, favorites, memories, mind, perspective, popular, quotes, self

A dash of heat

2022 February 17th1994 October 1st

All other seasons in Phoenix are just hyphenated summers:  spring-summer, autumn-summer, winter-summer.

—Terri Guillemets

Categories Personal Journal Tags arizona, desert, phoenix, quotes, seasons, summer, weather

Shaken, stirred

2022 February 17th1994 April 22nd

Our passion and kisses were stumbling — but stumbling in sync.

—Terri Guillemets

Categories Personal Journal Tags kisses, love, passion, quotes, romantic, touch, youth

Sparks & sizzle

2022 February 17th1994 April 15th

Two people who have chemistry evolve quickly to biology.

—Terri Guillemets

Categories Personal Journal Tags quotes, relationships, science, sexy

Wheee!

2022 February 17th1994 February 8th

Sliding down the banister of life is so much more fun than ambling down the steps.

—Terri Guillemets

Categories Personal Journal Tags inner child, life, play, quotes

Voyages

2022 February 17th1993 December 3rd

A journal is a journey — our own personal passages of self.

—Terri Guillemets

Categories Personal Journal Tags journaling, quotes, self, writing

From the library to the park

2022 February 17th1993 April 3rd

Happiness is sharing a bowl of cherries and a book of poetry with a shade tree.

—Terri Guillemets

Categories Personal Journal Tags books, food, happiness, infj, nature, poetry, quotes, trees

Giving is getting

2022 February 17th1993 January 27th

Give, and blessings boomerang back to you.

—Terri Guillemets

Categories Personal Journal Tags blessings, gratitude, helping, inspiration, kindness, motivation, quotes

A lonely pen at night

2022 February 17th1992 October 1st

Your prayer can be poetry, and poetry can be your prayer.

—Terri Guillemets

Categories Personal Journal Tags poetry, prayer, quotes, writing

April morning

2023 January 30th1988 April 16th

My favorite weather is bird-chirping weather.

—Terri Guillemets

P.S.  Artist Katie Daisy wrote to let me know that she illustrated this quote. It’s so beautiful! You can view it here.  —tg, 2010

Categories Personal Journal Tags birds, popular, quotes, sounds, spring, weather
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