Kathleen S Evenhouse
Writing With Vision
As many of you have noticed, I’ve been dealing with health issues. Which means, I am also dealing with spiritual issues. A friend of mine, poet John Thompson, call this a cathartic exercise in poetry, and that hits the nail on the head. I am a verbal processor, it’s how I work through things, how… Read More
In 1993, my oldest daughter was a senior in high school–soon to leave home. My father was dying of a brain tumor, and my mother was looking into an unknown future. And I was becoming aware that so many new, unexplored horizons were before me. That’s when I wrote the musings below. Birth A woman… Read More
In early 1993 my father was diagnosed with a brain tumor. My siblings stayed with Mom and Dad in shifts to help with care. On my first week-long shift there, my last responsibility was to make the four-hour drive in heavy California traffic to San Francisco for my father’s surgery. I was stressed, and leaving… Read More
Few things focus your thoughts like the serious illness of a child. This is something I had more experience with than I would have preferred when I was raising my children. I am reliving many of those days through the hospitalization of a two-month-old grandson. What is important? The here and now. What do you… Read More
Kathleen S Evenhouse 