Summer Time
Posted: April 25, 2019 at 8:49 PM in By Gabriel Andreas Inspirational
We can do anything we want today. Look how beautiful it is.
summer
Important
Posted: April 18, 2019 at 6:08 PM in By Gabriel Andreas Children & Parenting Family & Relatives Mother's Day Personal Growth Spiritual
One summer our house burned down. I stood on the curb crying and watching it burn, and my mom put her arm around me and said, At least we didn’t lose anything important.
World Peace
I have a friend who took all the doors out of his house one summer. It reminds me there’s nothing I have that’s worth hiding, he said. No secrets is the key to world peace. He put them all back on that winter. I decided it was peaceful enough for me, he said.
Work Ethic
When we visited my grandma in the summer, we’d sit on the porch & watch the moon every night to be sure it made it safely home. My grandma said we should say prayers that it find fulfilling work during the day. It’s not like there’s a lot of jobs out there for a moon, … [Read More]
Three Blind Mice
I tried for a whole summer to teach our cat to play the piano. We started with an easy song. It was 3 Blind Mice. My dad said it didn’t work because the cat had a tin ear, but I think it was because she kept looking around for the blind mice the whole time … [Read More]
Tiger Rain
Posted: December 16, 2013 at 3:23 PM in Aging (& Retirement) Animals & Pets Friends & Neighbors Travel & Moving
Her umbrella was filled with rain she had collected in her travels & on hot summer days she would open it up for the neighborhood kids & we would splash in the puddles & then it would smell like Nairobi or Tasmania & later on we would sit on the porch & eat ice cream … [Read More]
Summer’s Night
Posted: December 16, 2013 at 3:23 PM in Romance & Relationships
It was a summer’s night & the smell of the old rose bush was as heavy as rain & she asked me in & I followed her up those stairs till morning.
Slow Heat
melting in the slow heat of a summer night, damp with the dark air & thoughts of you
Season of Joy
Posted: December 16, 2013 at 3:23 PM in Celebrations Winter Holidays
She asked me when the season of joy was supposed to end & I said I didn’t really think there was an exact date, so we left the tree up till June that year.
Happy Camper
Posted: December 16, 2013 at 3:19 PM in Peace & Justice
What if we all got along & people loved each other & sang songs about peace? he said. Would that be a good world? & I said I didn’t know about that, but it would be a good summer camp & he looked at me & shook his head & said, It’s no wonder you’re …