Tag: legacy

  • The George Washington Project – One Year Anniversary

    To live a fulfilled life, we need to keep creating the “what is next”, of our lives. Without dreams and goals there is no living, only merely existing, and that is not why we are here. – Mark Twain We all want to be a part of something BIG, to do something special and unique…

  • Doe Season in Mamma’s Kitchen ~ a poem about my childhood

    Doe Season in Mamma’s Kitchen   Every week or so Daddy brings home a stiff-legged, russet-colored doe and hangs her by her feet on my swing set. Mamma blinks her eyes away and silently wipes down the aged green countertops with a dilapidated kitchen sponge. He is careful with the knife in the afternoon sun,…

  • Dear Mr. Valentine

    Dear Mr. Valentine

    A hastily written but mightily felt wish of the heart…   Dear Mr. Valentine,   You sleep next to me like a happy rock. As night rolls over into tomorrow, I sit staring at our future. Two creaky rocking chairs are there Gnawing at the porch as we rest our aching backs And laugh until…