when I was seventeenNot a girl or a woman,somewhere in between The world in front of mePathways to travel and aWide world to see Life was excitingExperiences beckoningAnd inviting I don’t regret the choices I madeAs I think back nowBefore my memories fade I smile inside as I remember this dayAt...
The feel of the sun on your skinRiding the waves on the open sea some days you wander in your mindto a place you would like to be a time when everything felt rightthe days in which you took delight The thrill of sights that took your breathno amount of money...
Home is a collection of things we loveFighting against the odds and rising above A place to hang all kinds of hatsVisiting neighbors starting up chats Watching children playing in the yardA time when life was rarely hard Home is the place you can always goWhen anxieties enter and cold winds...
life is only happy when you have something to loveI think we were made that way by our God above Money is temporary, a fleeting value for gathering thingsIt can never bring happiness to the heart unseen When you have a wagonload of friends and familytrue love and contentment are a...
The “doldrums” is a popular nautical term that refers to the belt around the Earth near the equator where sailing ships sometimes get stuck on windless winds. The Inter-Tropical Convergence Zone is known to sailors worldwide as the doldrums. For us, it can be a period of inactivity or depression Maybe an...
Irish Mo chroí (moh Kree)– translated meansmy heartFrom the first breath, each had a unique start So many personalities, yet the heart beats as oneI will never stop loving them until my life is done The ups and downsSmiles and frowns Those Happy days made years fly byeI never contemplated old...
I saw it from the blackjack treeMy big sister is getting her spanking justbefore me I shimmied up that tall blackjackThinking I was off my daddy’s pain track I will admit all three sisters were guiltyOf the crime We were too busy at the creekhaving a good time When daddy came...
It takes time for a broken heart to healSo many emotions inside you can’t reveal You make your face an upturned smileLeaving sadness on the shelf for awhile The heart is desperate. That’s trueIt’s a fight to control my thinking of you Life always carries the saying, “it’s not fair.”It is...
