Sparkle Your Soul

10/08/2025

Even though you didn’t make it to the end of my story,
I’ll always have the corner folded down on your page,
as it was one of my favorites.

31/07/2025

31/07/2025

Just a little reminder for the days when everything feels uphill: you’re doing better than you think. One breath, one step, one quiet yes at a time. Keep going, friend…you’re not stuck, you’re on your way. ❤️

🌷 If you’re in a hard season, this one’s for you. Save it. Share it. Let it remind you: you’re still moving.

30/05/2025

“If you haven't read hundreds of books, you are functionally illiterate, and you will be incompetent, because your personal experiences alone aren't broad enough to sustain you.”

― Jim Mattis, Call Sign Chaos: Learning to Lead

Sparkle Your Soul

05/03/2025

25/09/2024

Quietly, by Becky Hemsley Poetry
Artwork by Lilymoon

I missed you quietly today. So quietly that no one noticed.

I missed you as I climbed out of bed and as I brushed my teeth; when I waited at the lights on the drive into work and as I heard the rain outside my window.

I missed you as I ordered lunch and as I kicked off my shoes when I got home; as I switched off the lights and climbed into bed for the night.

I missed you without tears or noise or fanfare.
But oh how I felt it.

I felt it in the morning, at lunchtime, in the evening and at night. I felt it as I woke, as I waited, as I worked. I felt it at home, on the road, in the light, in the dark, in the rain.

I felt it in every one of those moments, each one sitting heavier and heavier as the weight of me missing you kept growing and growing.

Yes, I missed you so quietly today.

But I felt it so loudly.

*****

Becky Hemsley 2024
Artwork by Lilymoon

‘Quietly’ is a newer poem but there are similar in my book of grief and loss poetry https://amzn.eu/d/ePSd4yb

This is also available as a free download on my website, as a print on my Etsy store and I have just ordered some postcards of it to stock on Etsy as well. They should be here by the middle of this week xx

22/06/2024

11/12/2023

Special post, in memory of Morgan Renee Patten
1 October 1995 - 9 November 2019

Morgan Patten was killed in a mysterious auto crash while visiting her fiancé in Camp Lejeune, North Carolina. Her loved ones believe she was the victim of foul play, and they won’t rest until they learn the truth.

If you have any information about the death of Morgan Patten, contact Morgan’s family at [email protected]. Visit www.morgansmilestogo.com or the Miles For Morgan page for more information.

Crime Ju**ie Podcast
https://crimejunkiepodcast.com/mysterious-death-morgan-patten/

Miles For Morgan
https://www.morgansmilestogo.com

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29/11/2023

They live on in you.