all that i am

"These are woman's high prerogatives
To make and inspire the home
to lessen the suffering and increase happiness
to aid mankind in its upward struggles
to ennoble and adorn life's work
however humble."
        Margaret Morrison Hall portico 
        on the campus of Carnegie Mellon University


Words I wrote about and drew about 
        when I was a young college woman
Words the young woman we raised
       surely would have something to say about!?!


and here I am almost 30 years later 
humbled 
...by the home I've made
   and adorned
...by the lives I've inspired
   and  failed to inspire
...by the suffering I've lessened
   and caused


an afternoon 

walking his halls

where he will work for the next few years




along new paths

and along old ones





remembering old smells as we entered my old halls






hearing the wonderful sounds of  musicians in their practice rooms

so many years have gone by


so many things remained the same

so many things changed

When I was sitting under this tree at 23....

I never  thought I'd have a child
who at the same age

would walk the same autumn days

I once walked
almost 30 years after I did...