Category Archives: Heart to Heart

Something is missing

Posted on 11/19/2023 by Jennifer Calvert Edwards

It is has been a month since the sudden loss of my brother. Even writing it seems odd. A brother is the kid you grew up with. The one you raced to the car to get the seat you wanted … Continue reading →

Posted in Heart to Heart | Tagged death, grieving, Kevin Calvert, little sisters, loving | Leave a comment

I love happy endings

Posted on 05/24/2023 by Jennifer Calvert Edwards

Life is usually so unpredictably ridiculous in a shake-your-head-I-can’t-believe-this, sort of way if we look and/or wait for it. This is my opening for the continuing saga on Plantzilla. My worries about a plant that had rooted into the porcelain … Continue reading →

Posted in Heart to Heart | Tagged animism, Eagle, joy, love, miracles, plants, plantzilla | Leave a comment

The Gift of Keeping

Posted on 01/04/2021 by Jennifer Calvert Edwards

New Years isn’t when the ball drops in Time Square for me, but today, when work and school abruptly dissolve the magical put-responsibility-on-hold dreamy wonder-fog after this year’s lingering weekend. I usually feel pressure to make resolutions that I don’t … Continue reading →

Posted in Heart to Heart, My Thoughts, Sensitivity and Spirit, Thanks God | Tagged keeping, organizing, the gift of keeping, throw it out | 1 Comment

Hidden Messages (Repost from 2014)

Posted on 12/04/2020 by Jennifer Calvert Edwards

It is pretty obvious from my posts, I am a Christian. I want to be proud, not afraid, or ashamed that I am. Here is a repost of what the 12 Days of Christmas was written for. Sometimes I worry … Continue reading →

Posted in Heart to Heart | Tagged 12 days of Christmas meaning, christian, Christmas songs | Leave a comment

Only 1

Posted on 06/19/2020 by Jennifer Calvert Edwards

Shedding that pandemic cocoon this year makes summer that much grander. We want out! But didn’t we also learn through the pandemic, we want a slower pace of living? We want to feel less rushed and feel more joy. I’ve … Continue reading →

Posted in Have fun with Family, Heart to Heart, My Thoughts | Tagged a paragraph a week, Ancestry, anecdotal memory, Family History, feeling joy, gathering family stories, joy, making joy, quick writes, Reminiscing, ten stories, your story | Leave a comment

Breath

Posted on 06/04/2020 by Jennifer Calvert Edwards

March 12 stopped my routine walks at the high school track. Today I was drawn there. Hope was happening. The graduating senior’s pictures were being posted on poles as you enter. Their bright faces moving into the future was joyous. There was … Continue reading →

Posted in Heart to Heart, Ideas - Relationships, kindness, My Thoughts, random acts of kindness, Sensitivity and Spirit, Thanks God, world kindness day | Tagged Breath, Covid 19, Good People everywhere, love, pandemic, Powerful influence for good, the right to breathe | Leave a comment

In honor of my mother

Posted on 05/10/2020 by Jennifer Calvert Edwards

Reflecting on my mother, she was never in a rush. This has become something I did not realize until right now, how powerful that one characteristic is. She seemed to be always present and “there,” willing to talk, ready to … Continue reading →

Posted in Earth Angels, From my Heart and Hands, Heart to Heart, Ideas - Kids, My Thoughts, Thanks God | Tagged being held in someones heart, being seen, feeling invisible, memories, Mother's compassion, mother's day, ways to cradle | 1 Comment

If I was there that Palm Sunday

Posted on 04/05/2020 by Jennifer Calvert Edwards

What would I have done if I watched as Jesus entered the gates of Jerusalem, riding a donkey, on that bustling spring day, as large crowds gathered to Jerusalem for Passover? I hope I would have been one who placed … Continue reading →

Posted in Heart to Heart, My Thoughts, Sensitivity and Spirit, Thanks God | Tagged Easter, Jesus Christ, Jesus on a donkey, Palm Sunday, Palm Sunday Poem, The week before Easter, triumphal entry | Leave a comment

Today it is okay

Posted on 01/03/2020 by Jennifer Calvert Edwards

I have always felt a bit ashamed of my need for spaces. My artist in me justifies the guilt, yet efficiency and logic always judges my space-making as frivolous, unproductive, lazy, melancholy, and so on… I have never been quite … Continue reading →

Posted in Heart to Heart, My Thoughts, Sensitivity and Spirit, Thanks God | Tagged calm down, calm spaces, calming our lives, creating spaces, efficiency, herb tea, hibernating, logic, Making fire, mindful, relaxing, rituals, space making, stopping hurry, stress release, the love of poetry, the power of space, words | Leave a comment