Category Archives: Pensive & Poignant Thoughts

I recently came back from a road trip with my parents. We attended a wedding in the U.S. No kids. No dog. Just my husband and my parents. Not too long ago I heard the phrase, “You don’t realize the value of a moment until it becomes a memory”. I kept this in mind asContinue reading “Road Tripping With ‘The Costanzas’”

I bow in their golden majestic presence Shedding and fluttering down as thankful gesture in response Creating a golden path inviting me further to stand in awe of their wonder Each year we salute each other Respectful of the life in one another I live in one of the most beautiful places in the worldContinue reading “Golden Paradise”

Intimate moments captured in time Emotions that can never be defined Poets falter and fumble in desperate pursuit To discover the perfect and most unique way To put into words what the heart will not say It’s secrets lay deep within Unwilling to work with the mind Because it most definitely does not want toContinue reading “Untetherable Emotions”

My empathic friends would struggle to admit this out loud. Why? Well, because they simply care too much about others and may feel embarrassed about how they really feel inside. However, if you don’t address this numbness inside—the inability to feel anything sometimes while caring for others—you run the risk of burnout which may leadContinue reading ““I’m Just Too Tired To Care””

Memories of moments passed put to words We speak them into life Suddenly they return Conscious thoughts are created in all of those around They are never gone just no longer earth bound As quickly as the words are spoken their unbodied presence is among us Words and thoughts have power to call upon theContinue reading “Veil Between Us”

From one place to another The desire burns inside To see a different place through these eyes of mine My soul yearns for sights and sounds unknown Searching souls will be shown Godly views of this land Made of and of not human hands Images that will remain inside Etched forever onto this heart ofContinue reading “Changing Places”

Born as a branch on a tree not of our choices With a trunk old and strong full of history Passive and active voices Family branches intertwine sometimes two at a time To remind us to look down at the one trunk that sustains us As we rise to the top with the help ofContinue reading “Family Trees”

Her story. My story on a page. My life lived by another. Page by page. The world around dissipates. Her past is my present. Intertwined. Page by page. Lost in the story. Found in real life. Awakened. In a summer haze. Page by page.

I recently ran into a dear relative of mine who happens to be an avid reader of my blog. She said point blank, “we sit around the table and ask ourselves what is Gilda trying to tell us?” So, what am I trying to tell you? I can assure you one thing, that I amContinue reading “Sexy & Spiritual”

Of course I love nature… Except when it crawls on me Bites me Rains on me Makes me freeze or knocks me down Second to other humans—which are part of nature as well—nature in general is the most influential thing in our lives. It encompasses everything from the ants on the ground to the sunContinue reading “The Unnatural Order Of Nature”