Tag Archives: Poetry

Caregivers and Snowflakes

I was reading one of the Caregiver Blogs we follow and I came across an excerpt that I had to share. Tonight, Patti and I sat sipping hot chocolate while snow flurries danced around us. While Patti’s memory of the … Continue reading

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What’s the worth of a Smile

Smile though your heart is aching Smile even though it’s breaking When there are clouds in the sky, you’ll get by If you smile through your fear and sorrow Smile and maybe tomorrow You’ll see the sun come shining through … Continue reading

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Letting Go

To let go doesn’t mean to stop caring; It means I can’t do it for someone else. To let go is not to cut myself off…. It’s the realization that I can’t control another….. To let go is not to … Continue reading

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Elegy for Rose

She is a metal forged by love too volatile, too fiery thin so that her substance will be lost as sudden lightning or as wind. And yet the ghost of her remains reflected with the metal gone, a shadow as … Continue reading

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