faith
beauty of light
on the leafless
cotoneasters
January 2013
long winter night
many years
go through my mind
the decades deepen
trust in God
and my heart is at peace
January 2014
Photos by Karl – July 2018
Poems by Ellen Grace Olinger
My mother’s passing was in 2004. Life was not always easy for my parents, and yet when I think of them, I think of unconditional love. Poetry is memoir for me. This is a favorite poem. I no longer drive this route, yet memories are as vivid as yesterday. I took the photo this year.
through the Light
of Christmas
I found my way
home
from a hospital
and nursing home
through city and
small town
Main Streets
their streetlamps
with holiday lights
as my mother
was on her way
Home
the time we shared
and still share
Ellen Grace Olinger
Reusable Art is another well-organized site, where I enjoy research for images.
A Merry Christmas Sled is by Ellen Clapsaddle.
I am slowly reviewing my 2019 blog archives.
I love the Lord,
because he hath heard my voice
and my supplications.
Psalm 116: 1 (KJV)
The Sheboygan River
Kiwanis Park
Sheboygan, Wisconsin
August 29, 2019
Photos by Karl
GRACE
gifts of small moments
when I read and write
in the middle of all
that happens every day
in our worlds
large and small
I am more than content
with what I have
and have achieved
goals revised
and rewritten for now
When my spirit
was overwhelmed within me,
then thou knewest my path.
Psalm 142: 3a (KJV)
routine care
and happy to wait my turn
I watch the world go by
and my heart
fills with love
Blessings,
Ellen Grace Olinger
they can return
in new and different ways
some of the things
thought lost
my mother and I were
closer in her old age
though we always loved
language and books
a past illness led to me
simply sitting with her
for hours as that was
something I could do
conversations
the trust that grows
through decades
of unconditional love
now sometimes
these many years
since her passing
I remember what she said
and the advice still applies
My poem is from May 2019.
Ellen Grace Olinger
Images: wpclipart
a small card
in a devotional book
from a thrift store
words of encouragement
from one person to another
I keep the card with the book
and its history today
and tomorrow
We also bought used books from Mead Library in Sheboygan, Wisconsin. After I read them, I can give them to someone else, or donate to another place. Lately, I am especially interested in memoirs.
And I bought Jan Karon’s new book: Bathed In Prayer, Father Tim’s Prayers, Sermons, and Reflections from the Mitford Series. I looked for the book at local stores, and then bought from Amazon. I appreciate being able to order online too. I have also bought used books from Amazon.
Please see Jan Karon’s site for more information. I love her novels. They are deep and true, so well-written.
It is endless – all the ways to learn, bless, and be blessed.
Peaceful gratitude,
Ellen Grace Olinger
early Spring
and almost Easter
my glasses rest
on my Bible
open to the Psalms
reading the Gospels
a few verses at a time
raindrops on branches
Publication Credit: “reading the Gospels”
Charlotte Digregorio’s Writer’s Blog
Poems and photos are by Ellen Grace Olinger.
taking turns
letting each other go
only to learn again
how love grows,
Mother
another year has passed
since my mother’s passing
I sit and quietly read
a book she would like too
in loving memory
Enola M. Borgh (1917 – 2004)
But he knoweth the way that I take:
when he hath tried me,
I shall come forth as gold.
Job 23: 10 (KJV)
H ave faith as you journey
O n and trust God’s love and
P romises for you
E ven today and then always
“taking turns” was published in Bell’s Letters Poet (No. 115, January 2006).
Image: wpclipart
Ellen Grace Olinger
Poems From Psalms And Nature 