The Garden

“Will you remember me?”
 
“Of course I’ll remember you?”
 
“How can you say that?  How can you be sure?  We’ve spent so much time together.  We’ve shared too many laughs, too many tears.  How can you remember every camping trip, every ride on the school bus, weddings, children, birthdays, Christmas gatherings . . .all the funny stories?”  [...]

An Unfinished Life?

My beautiful, older sister passed away this past Monday morning after a valiant fight against cancer.  As we prepare for her homecoming party, though we’re happy for her, each of us are having to come to grips in our own way with the loss of our beloved Donna Jo.
This is a poem my older brother [...]

Saying Goodbye

It was August 25th, 2007.  We had just come back from a lovely cruise and received the word that my sister’s cancer had taken a turn . . .she was not doing well.  They were talking about different courses of treatment.  When I got home I called her and talked with her about some of [...]

She was Crackle

When we were kids my brother and I would be so jealous that she seemed to never get in trouble.
Now, as an adult, she is so gullible.  It has always been so sinfully entertaining to “pull one over” on her.
At 50 years old, people say, “Is your mommy home?” when she answers the phone.
She cannot [...]