Daddy's_Hands Faith in fathers, and the
Father of us all.
A_Prayer A poem flowed from my soul
one day, shortly before my father's death. This is the
result.
Vows Fulfillment of the marriage
commitment.
Fear_Not! Beginning of Mom's illness,
when all was uncertainty.
Hope No matter how bleak the
outlook, there always seemed room for this.
Waiting
Rooms
Written after another stint in a waiting room, while Mom
underwent surgery. 1998 was a year filled with
waiting.
Bits A lament after losing my
father to Congestive Heart Failure
Umbilicus
Technicalis and Watching Mom Two poems, written while at the
hospital in Mom's room.
Time &
Tide A poem
written in my mother's hospital room, as she was quite
ill.
A Long Wait
Ended A poem
written the day a friend's father died, capturing my
feelings for him, his family, and my own loss of my
father.
"You'll Feel a
Poke"
Remembering childhood "traumas" and comforts.
One Year
Later
Musings on the nature of Death and dying...
The
Message Sums
up the essence of Mom, what she wanted us to know
unequivocally.