Vernie Lynn DeMille

Recycled Hearts

Posted on February 15, 2020 by wp_admin

"This is what love looks like when you make room in your heart for the one you love to struggle, suffer, grow and change, and still have a place there. Middle age is the birthplace of lifelong lovers.... Read More

Mindful of Little Miracles

Posted on December 18, 2019December 18, 2019 by wp_admin

We look for the big events in our lives to label miracles. The deus ex machina events that sweep into our lives and save us from our situations. But that hasn't been my experience with miracles.... Read More

Loyalty

Posted on November 14, 2019 by wp_admin

"It is my sincere hope that loyalty becomes a defining factor in our hearts and in our society. I see too much of separation, disinterest, and self-interest in the world. I see individuals who are so ... Read More

Liberty is Letting Go

Posted on November 1, 2019November 1, 2019 by wp_admin

We are free to be full of love no matter who is full of fear. Free to be kind no matter who has been unkind to us. Free to be compassionate no matter who has hurt our hearts. Free to chase our dreams ... Read More

On Responsibility, Bracketing and Rose Colored Glasses

Posted on October 24, 2019October 24, 2019 by wp_admin

I used red filters a lot in my class. I like the contrast. I love the definition of my subjects when I used the red. I loved how it made the eyes pop, the clouds become mysterious, and the rocks becom... Read More

Just a Taste of Sexual Assault

Posted on October 18, 2019 by wp_admin

On May 10, 2019 I was sexually assaulted....... Read More

Writing

Posted on October 13, 2019October 13, 2019 by wp_admin

That’s the power of a story. It can take you forward and backward and sideways in time. You can be 9 years old one moment, 45 the next, and something that happened 96 years ago can be relevant in th... Read More

Down by the Shoreline

Posted on September 22, 2019 by wp_admin

Down by the shoreline, Down by the sea, The sky meets the water, The sand, and me.... Read More

Independence Day: A Song for Silent Liberty

Posted on July 15, 2019 by wp_admin

"I sing for the women who bled enough on their crops to feed nitrogen to hungry greens. Not enough each day to die only once, but enough over years to fill a family, a posterity, a Homeland."... Read More

Reading Earth

Posted on May 15, 2019May 1, 2019 by wp_admin

Something in the words that speak From blossom, bud, and dusty fruit Between the sky and dampened earth, Creations be of the Creator’s seed, They sing the story of ourselves, Storytellers from our v... Read More