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A WELL TRAVELED HEART

Cynthia M. Sheward

Month: December 2019

SHALIMAR

My mother’s scent was hers alone familiar from the start just like my own. Shalimar and lipstick salt air and steam irons beige powder dusting her dressing table, scattered sweaters, a turquoise negligee. Once, invited to the Waldorf for a DuPont dinner, she spent a fortune on a formal dress. Arrived in lace and pick… Read More SHALIMAR

December 17, 2019December 11, 2022 Cynthia M. Sheward3 Comments

MORNING PRAYER

Be with me, God As I am Merely mortal, graceless, small.   Hold me, Lord In your hand Watch me as you watch o’er all.    

December 10, 2019December 17, 2019 Cynthia M. Sheward1 Comment

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