• Somedays

      somedays grief grabs hold  starring me down like a chunk of gooey messy stuff or like a chunk of sadness leaning on me Grief has a road map all…

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  • No Hard Feelings

          No Hard Feelings  Avett Brothers   I have listened to this song nearly every day since I heard about my brother's cancer the words often make me…

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  • A Carousel

      A child leads us the way  to the daily doings of living he depends on us A carousel one little ride at a time  If you want to see…

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  • Distant View

    Distant View   I see you I feel the grass under my feet  and  the sound of the leaves as the wind blows through them you are not far away …

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  • The Garden Grows Unafraid

      softly evening comes the sky grows dark darker the moon rises with stars blooming like flowers in an empty field.     Burning brightly constantly changing yet to the…

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  • With No Place to Go

          “Grief I’ve learned is really just love.   It’s all the love you want to give but cannot.   All of that unspent love   gathers up…

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  • Sirkka Turkka

      There's a Finnish poem that my friend Aija translated and sent to me:   "We call for him but he doesn't turn around. He's on his way to the…

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  • Life’s Memories

      (Photos of my Vavie Amaro with some of her 23 grandchildren My brother Marty is standing by her side then and now)   life is one big full ride…

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  • Surrounded and Guided by Light

      My brother Marty (60) went home this morning He was surrounded by love and felt your prayers. His family, brothers and mother were by his side.     His…

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  • Flooded with Light

        Last night friends and neighbors gather outside of my brother's home and held a candlelight vigil. Please if you can light a candle for my brother that his…

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