“Words are to an experience like a photograph is to the eyes.”
Vicki Nicholls … More Life Happens . . . so do Preludes, Notes, and Musical Masterpieces: Compositions in My Heart
Where do you find yourself when your world screams, though all around you, a deafening silence echoes a haunting refrain? Even the darkest night, with sparkling starry stories, follows another day in seeming ignorance, and the circle of life keeps spinning, heeding not your pain. I remember (without the debilitating weariness, body, mind and heart-wrenching … More Life Happens . . . so does Voyaging into My Heart
What glorious sights abound when viewed in the mists around.Peace in the blanketed air, scenes of the feeling heart, share. Listen on Anchor or Spotify February 3, 2022 — The street light filters through the wood slats of my bedroom shutters in pre-dawn hours. In my bed, I lay, phone in hand (for writing), thinking, yawning, … More Life Happens . . . so do Mists
Doubts, hope, anticipation, dreams, and faith: interloping, wrestling, and interconnecting words with prevalence in living through the deep waters of my life result, I am sure, from my tendency to overthink, or so I have been cautioned. They move upon cresting waves, hidden beneath the surface like riptides, and sparkle like precious gems bathed in … More Life Happens . . . so do Doubts
PROLOGUE She could not get those thoughts out of her mind, and she did not want to try. It is such a big decision and scary for a few reasons. FLASHBACK Spring 2017 ~ Less than two months pass after disembarking the Serenade of the Seas, and she is seriously considering another ship. Planning trips … More Life Happens. . . so does Anticipation
Into the wilderness of life, I travel daily, immersing myself with emotional and spiritual connectivity.I see, feel, interpret my perspective, and withdraw into private chambers of my heart to discover a wealth of treasures. While hiking a trail to go geocaching behind the iconic Fairmont Springs Hotel in Banff this past May with my son-in-law, … More Life Happens . . . so do Roots and Balance
**Just 2 notes before you begin reading/listening. FIRST: In referencing “blessings,” I would like to say that I believe what I consider blessings comes with a range of feelings between negative and positive, laws of opposition. Life is a full bucket of challenges, but I believe there is a depth and purpose to all happenings … More Life Happens . . . so Make it An Adventure
Driving towards the mountainous realms looming ahead, my breathing changes. Deepening inhalations infuse me with a refreshing dose of sight and perspective. In various areas of Banff National Park, I immerse myself daily, mostly alone, a solitary explorer exercising extreme caution. One particular day, with my eldest daughter and her husband, we proceed to climb … More Life Happens . . . in a Song
Before I was born,in a space beyond time as we know it, I roam among trees.Alpine meadows, in the mountain shadows,calling my spirit,lead the way to cascading waterfalls.Before I was born, in an expanse where eternity breathes,I deeply inhale.Winds, whispering through vast mountains valleys,lifting me upwardshow me peaks of inspiration, stillness.Before I was born,in realms … More Life Happens . . . Before I Was Born
My heart feels the wind whispering kisses,
blushing my cheeks with cherished memories. … More Life Happens . . . in my Heart
Unblemished, pure, sparkling, crystalized illusion?Pristine, in its untouched beauty, drizzling brilliance,exquisitely lain, ultimate softness, silencein opalescent flakes falling, heaven’s essence. The frigid air sucks her breath as teardrops escape her heart, intermingling the warm, wet moistures within the facial encircling atmospheric anomaly to form an icicle suspended in mid-air. Failure to resist the power pressuring … More Life Happens . . . so does Falling
Yesterday prepared her for yesterday’s tomorrow, today. … More Life Happens. . . so do Awakenings
Figuratively and literally, begins a new day in this widow’s life. Feeling my compass arrow directionally challenging me, its pointer, symbolic of my heart and mind, continually spins with difficulty as my guiding north star loses sight for future planning during this phase of my contemplative voyage, single life. … More Life Happens . . . so do Beginnings
From blindness caused by doubt, fear, and unbelief;
He performs miracles of life-giving sight. … More Life Happens . . . so does Enlightenment
While admiring the craftsmanship and artwork, her heart swells into a symbolic symphony of introspective silent contemplation. … More Life Happens . . . so does Dispelling Emptiness in Aloneness
