ONE MORE DAY

His prayer is simple and unchanging…

each night a silent grace…

“All I ask,” he pleads with folded hands…

”is one more day in her embrace.”

DREAMS OF THE PARENT

When your children are born you have your dreams for them 

but you never really know

what direction they will take…

where their life will go.

As they grow up those dreams you had…

you quietly erase them

as you allow the dreams they have…

to gradually replace them.

And your dream for them becomes more universal

you care less if they are wealthy…

you want them to be loving and generous

to be happy, kind and healthy.

I never dreamed our son would do what I did

never wanted him to be like me…

but I am proud of the life he’s chosen

and the person he came to be…

Case in point…he sent us a picture 

only a day ago

of him atop an electric scooter 

in San Antonio.

Now, I never dreamed he’d ride an electric scooter

never dreamed he’d be in that place…

but often I have dreamed

about that smile on his face…

Sure he's not living my initial dream…

how many children do?

but knowing he is living his…

has made my dream come true.

CRYING IN THE RAIN

She did not want anyone to see her grief, 

her sorrow 

her sadness

her pain

So she waited for the clouds to form 

and did her crying in the rain.

MEMORIES WE'VE YET TO MAKE

She asked why he was smiling…as they sat together by the lake

“I was just thinking,” he said, “about all the memories we’ve yet to make.”

WHISPER ON THE WIND

He was too shy to tell her that he loved her…

to timid to overcome his fears

so each day he would whisper I love you on the wind

hoping it would find its way into her ears.

HOLDING HANDS

I had to smile when I heard him whisper in her ear…

as by me this old couple strolled…

“How lucky I am to still be holding

the only hand I ever wanted to hold.”

A LITTLE PURPLE FLOWE

They were on the edge of hopelessness…their dream…not going as they planned

until they happened on a little purple flower growing in the sand…

And they began to hope again…believing their dream…within their reach

when they saw a little purple flower growing on the beach.