A well unseen

She is a well. Her waters sweet. She exists The most basic of needs To meet. Neglected. Her waters undisturbed. The surface Untroubled She waits, and hurts. Passed by Her reason for being, Ignored The why Beyond her reasoning When you are a well. There is No thing as sorrowful As existing With no one …

Bear Corner

When you climb the stairs in my home, you are greeted by "Bear Corner". I make them and collect them. None of the bears I've made are there, as I give them away. If you look at the shelf with the three bears, you will see a small plaid one with a charming black nose. …

Love Knows No Boundaries

"Before my Frances there was my Meredith: the mother of my sons, one living, one not. I loved her enough to help her die, when her affliction, far crueler than my own, had stolen all but breath and speech from her body. This I have come to understand as lovemaking of another kind, a final …

Birthdays.

Birthdays. On the day of one's birth there is SO MUCH promise. Loads of potential in a little infant body. A bud ready to bloom, and grow, and then - one day - fill the world with its unique fragrance.Do not ever minimize your birthday.I grew up with a - that's no big deal - …

Tributaries

Daddy. Papi. Papá. I love that I have your eyes. I love that I have your curly hair. I love that I have your hands. Grandma's hands. My son's hands. Hands that labor. Brown. With blunt fingernails, unique characteristics, and a fondness for the guitar. It feels good when we laugh at the same things …

Judah – I will praise the Lord for he has given me a son…

... He is fifteen today. My third child - I tried to deliver him naturally after one c-section and one natural delivery experience that went rather well. This time - it did not go well. The incision from that other c-section six years before -  opened inside of me. No one knew. No one knew …

Open Your Mouth

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tcrfvP11Hbo&feature=share&list=RD02y6MhjhMtq7s The link above is of Andrea Bocelli singing as only he can. There are some, like this wonderful man, who simply open their mouths and beauty slips out. They cannot help it. It is part of their physical make-up. Of course, what they do with the gift is another matter - some people hide …

Midnight Kisses

As I walked down the sidewalk toward my home this evening, just a little bit ago... The faintest breeze, a whisper really, was cool on my cheeks. The fragrance of blooming things seemed suspended in the air, hovering... not allowed to float away towards the moon, prevented from leaving the earth, its purpose - to …