MAMA MONK

*This is a roaming, exploratory sketch of words. In this space, I chronicle ILLUMINATIONS along my way as solitary, wife and mother.*

QUOTES

"People talk about reinventing themselves, but I think it's not a matter of reinventing, it's a matter of going back to who you really are and finding other wys of expressing that." Kim Campbell, Diplomat)
"Try what you wish--it's okay." (Paul Cezanne, Artist 1839-1906)
"Travel is the alternative to war." (Rachel Kaplan- Journalist 20th century)
"The miracle is not to walk on water. The miracle is to walk on the green earth, dwelling deeply in the present moment and feeling truly alive." (Thich Nhat Hanh)
"When I was a 10-year-old girl sitting on the living room floor watching the Apollo mission to the moon...I said 'I want to do that." And, not once did my parents discourage me." (Julie Payette, ASTRONAUT)