Yesterday my Uncle Dean passed away. This world lost another good man. I know he suffers no more, and for that I am grateful. I look forward to seeing him again one day, Lord-side. When we meet again I will look forward to his gentle smiling eyes, the discussions of baseball, and his enjoyment of the bakery's sweeter things to eat. I am thankful for the times in my life that his life and mine were Continue Reading...
Two sides of Time
I hear it a lot, everywhere, in fact. "Time flies." "Where has the time gone?" "There's just not enough hours in the day." So on, and so forth. And, for the most part I agree, time marches on. Sometimes it seems to move faster than it does at other periods of our lives. So, the one side of time, is the fleeting glimpse of the persons, pieces, and moments that occupied the space formerly known as Continue Reading...
Hand Held
Hand Held Honestly, I planned to be asleep by now. Before I went upstairs to turn in for the night, I looked back. I looked back on some poems I had written over the last year. These poems I've tried to neatly collect electronically within my blog. Some include pictures that I've tied to the words. Then I came across this one and everything stopped. The TV showing hockey highlights in the Continue Reading...
You left your mark
Today's your birthday but you're not hereThinking of you draws out lonely tears You've been called home but we celebrateNo longer seen, but for the birth this date What you did here matters more than nowLeaving your mark, teaching others how The kid with the eyes that smiled alwaysEven when the toll's taken in the last days My heart sings in memory, our final embraceGently searching for the light Continue Reading...
Memories of the back yard
Yesterday I made my weekly visit to my parents' house. I always bring the twins with me and we visit. I love the time with my parents. I want the twins to know their grandparents, not to count on someone else's memory of them. They love to go to Grammy and Grampy's house. They get excited when I mention it even before we leave our house. It's just over 20 minutes to get to my parents' house from Continue Reading...