Diane Reindl

Joined February 2021

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Collaging a Life
Collaging a Life – Metaphorically Speaking Happiness is fleeting. In life, you have choices. Happiness is a choice.
By Diane Reindl5 years ago in Motivation
Boss Mom
Boss Mom My Mom is love in action. Verbs were her thing. She (and my dad) raised eight kids. All eight of us agree they were the perfect parents for us. We may not share all the same memories but we all enjoyed many special ones. These are some of mine.
By Diane Reindl5 years ago in Families
A Peek Into My World
A Peek Into My World brightening a tabletop with buttery, yellow daffodils . . . meditating as a drop of food coloring melts into a water-filled, clear, glass bottle . . . discovering joy daily while riding a blue and green marble floating through space
By Diane Reindl5 years ago in Poets
Little Blackbird
Little Blackbird You cannot start a fire with a feather. My Grandma’s unique phrase was a perfect metaphor for my current situation. Trying to start a fire with a feather is like dating in your sixties – an exercise in futility. A feather is the wrong tool for starting a fire; it is not a match. How do you find a match – or what is the appropriate tool for dating in life’s later years?
By Diane Reindl5 years ago in Humans
Formula
Formula It was so cold you had to think just to get through it. You dared not stop for a second or you might freeze in place. It was an “ear-flaps-down” kind of day. Turn a corner and watch your breath get carried away in a cloud. Keep your head down. Keep moving. Nothing was worth stopping for.
By Diane Reindl5 years ago in Criminal