Nightfall

Stars sparkling in the darkness
Glittering in the night sky
Beauty and power and goodness
Hope rising up in my soul

Moon glowing brightly at nightfall
Lighting up every forest glade
Elegant and majestic and tall
The trees and moon correspond

Fairies flutter in the meadows
Skipping from bloom to bloom
Fey and glad and foes
Disappearing at dawn

Image Description: Two champaign glasses with etched writing and tarnished silver stems lay broken on a glass table.

The Story Behind the Photo

Today I set out the two engraved wine glasses from my wedding, opened up my favorite wine, drank from both glasses, then ceremonially smashed them as a celebration of my divorce. The road since I met my ex-husband in 2009 has been a difficult one. I'm thrilled to be continuing in my own journey and healing the scars he left me with.

My word of the year for 2024 is absterge: to cleanse, especially by wiping clean. Soon, perhaps I'll make a post about that. For now I am reveling in two smashed glasses I can deposit in the dumpster, delicious Canadian Ice Wine in my system, and my favorite caramel dark chocolate savored in my mouth. Yet most of all...I am savoring the fresh breeze and sunshine and light of being truly free from a man who did so much harm to me.