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By Victoria Polmatier | 5:24 PM PST, Thu January 20, 2022
Sunset

From the mud to diamonds

Some days feel as though
I’m lying in a mud-pit
the world is drab and dreary
there’s no getting out
the mud slimes all over
body, mind, and soul

Some days I awaken
to find the sun is shining
looking in the mirror
I may see smudges
reminders of the pain and darkness
my heart is tender, my soul heavy

Some days the sun shines
through like diamonds
bouncing off into life
forming prisms of light
making life sparkly and joyous

I’ve lived all these days
they are the rhythm of life
the diamonds made possible
by spending a while
floating in the mud

By Victoria Polmatier on August 29, 2019.

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Exported from Medium on January 2, 2022.

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Welcome

I've been writing blogs on the internet since 2007. Like my life, my words have wandered from Wisdom or Life Lessons and Wellness, to Gardening and Aquaponics. After my son’s death by suicide in 2016, Poetry became a big piece of my world as I tried to make sense of the tragedy of his death.

In truth, his death took me into my own journey with darkness. I've shared a bit during the last ten years but nothing in comparison to what I've written. Only recently have I started to climb back into life and the desire to share my writing.

These days, my writing is varied and inspired by the moment. I participate in two writing group, one where we write to prompts from a book by Judy Reeves called A Writer’s Book of Days: A Spirited Companion and the other where we journey and then write about our experience or about the wisdom gained. Much of this writing is buried in journals in my office. As I move forward, Some of that will be found under Stories, Magic and the Mystical.

How do you read this jumble of topics? You can read what’s latest, type a word into Search and see what comes up, or select a Topic from the Blog Content below. However you read, I hope you enjoy.

Blessings, Victoria

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