Friendship is Deep and complicated Born out of long hours Time on the ground Creating a space safe For vulnerability For being ourselves In these faces I see hours of investment Theirs and mine Hours of listening and hearing Hours of trying to understand Some are more precious Because of their constancy Their loyalty How [...]
Archive for June, 2011
One for My Besties
Posted in Uncategorized on June 28, 2011 | 1 Comment »
One Thousand Gifts: 141-160
Posted in Uncategorized on June 27, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
141. New bookcases full of books 142. Menu planning for visitors 143. Good beer in the right glass 144. Bringing brothers to a minor league game in the good seats 145. And the museum 146. And to the battleship, aquarium and beach 147. And the go-carts 148. And miniature golf, along with random stocks 149. [...]
One Thousand Gifts: 131-140
Posted in Uncategorized on June 13, 2011 | 1 Comment »
131. Kid playlists: Puff the Magic Dragon, Horton Hears a Who, You’ve Got a Friend in Me 132. Chocolate milk 133. Squirrels’ foiled attempts to reach the birdseed 134. Fresh, homemade strawberry ice cream 135. Family road trips 136. Clownfish in the aquarium 137. A husband who can tie down an oversized IKEA load 138. [...]
One Thousand Gifts: 111-130
Posted in Uncategorized on June 6, 2011 | 1 Comment »
111. Family gametime 112. Perfect burgers on the new grill 113. Wedding pictures from Erin‘s website to look at over and over again 114. Boots on little boy feet 115. Remembering chords on the guitar 116. Baseball games on cooling spring evenings 117. Baseball players who give little boys baseballs 118. Airplane rides going home [...]
One for Benny on Graduation Day
Posted in Uncategorized on June 4, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
I remember this picture first Whenever I think about Baby Benny Surrounded by Cheerios In his little blue overalls And I remember his big brown eyes That so distressed him for a time As one little brother after another arrived With eyes as blue as Deborah’s He grew up so very fast (It feels so [...]
One for Zeke and Zak on their 17th Birthday
Posted in Uncategorized on June 3, 2011 | 1 Comment »
Seventeen years ago today I got in my little black Honda And followed my parents Suburban Speeding along toward Duncanville Anticipating the arrival of these two And then they were there (I will spare them the details) Both healthy and happy and whole With twenty tiny fingers and twenty tiny toes And I could hold [...]
