I recently ran across a list Deborah and I created long ago
It contained the dreams for our perfect house...our ideal bungalow.
We called it our North Carolina Love Nest and it was to be our creed
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There was once an ancient Chinese philosopher sitting under a crooked old tree
Who spoke on the subject of judging others, and how we need to think differently.
“When this tree was younger, ” he said, “it caused many people to gape
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The following words are not written to disparages cats or birds or frogs
or any other animal for that matter…it's just, in my opinion…
there's something about a dog!
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As parents…regular and grand we've come to understand
We live a life of schedules…where so much of it is planned.
Yet with our aging eyes we still can recognize
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Death came earlier than expected...
we begged...
we pleaded...
we prayed
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