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Wish List

Posted: December 16, 2013 at 3:23 PM in Condolence & Loss Death Family & Relatives Friends & Neighbors
I wish you could have been there for the sun & the rain & the long, hard hills. For the sound of a thousand conversations scattered along the road. For the people laughing & crying & remembering at the end. But, mainly, I wish you could have been there.

Twin Sister

Posted: December 16, 2013 at 3:23 PM in Children & Parenting Family & Relatives
When I was young I told everyone I had a twin sister. One day, after we had been to see the relatives, my mother told me I was too old to play that game any more. So I stopped talking about her & after awhile, she finally went away. But I’m grown up now & … [Read More]

Listening Well (for Erik) (masc)

Posted: December 16, 2013 at 3:20 PM in Condolence & Loss Death
He had the gift of stopping time & listening well so that it was easy to hear who we could become & that was the future he held safe for each of us in his great heart you may ask, what now? & I hope you understand when we speak softly among ourselves & do … [Read More]