The Starfish Sisters

by Barbara O'Neal

People want to own beauty, make it their own, ruin it if they can’t possess it.

Maybe it’s impossible to play the what-ifs backward. Life takes the path it takes.

Don’t take things away from yourself before you even get to enjoy them.”

But just because you don’t have the worst problem in the world doesn’t mean it isn’t a real problem to you.

I see her standing on the beach on a cloudy day, wind blowing her long hair, her eyes closed, hands raised in praise and love. To God, to nature, to all the things so much bigger than us. She believed in the holiness of things. She believed in nature. She believed in art and creativity and being kind.