Emotional Injury

the layers I have put
around the pain of
your going are thin.

I walk softly through
life, adding thickness
each day.

a thought or a feeling
of you cracks the surface.

a call to you
shatters it all.

I spend that night in death

and spin the first
layer of life
with the sunrise

I will Survive

I found
in you
a home

Your departure
left me
a Shelterless Victim
of a Major Disaster

I called the Red Cross
but they
refused to
send over
a nurse

Your Pond

Sad as a song
our eyes meet
like looking in a pond and
seeing your own reflection
hurt me deception
a bit of the story
i get parts that are pleasing
keep the rest for yourself
how important am I
my believing heart is low
tears of disapointment
my love means what
when the moon is full
stars shine blurry
through my eyes
no more

Our

A breeze of love
Gentle is a heart
Why could you want to leave
Only when you can live
Another night believing
Was for us together
We never like every dream
And all the past will take my fire

Incident Report

My son brought home a Incident report from his school yesterday, I want to share it with you.
Today at recess, a girl classmate of Reed's reported that he told her he wanted to kiss her. The girl reported that she did not like it.

When I talked to Reed, I explained that, at school, it is inappropriate to tell someone that you want to kiss them. Reed understands that kissing a parent or family member is appropriate, but telling classmates that he wants to kiss them may make them feel uncomfortable.

Reed apologized to the student and agreed that, in the future, he will tell students that he wants to be their friend.

Signed , the school counselor
_____________________

I called the school counselor back and said "He's 6 years old for God's Sake! Back in my day they didn't tell you, they just did it. Look how polite he is!"

What are they going to think when he tells a girl he wants to carry her books?

Signed, the Mom

What's in your neighborhood?

Its a beautiful day in the neighborhood, a beautiful day for a neighbor,
would you be mine, could you be mine?
Things I saw while working today in various neighborhoods..

1. A dead deer
2. Mud
3. Little baby kittens
4, A dog who wanted to play fetch with a beer can.
5. A lady shaking her rugs
6. Horses
7. Old old pea green VW Van
8. A truck dumping corn
9. A guy welding
10. 3 deer heads sitting by the back door. Still had hair on them.
11. The lady at the Starbucks drivethru window.
12. Mailman smoking
13. A house that should be condemned.
14. Swing set and trampoline.
15. A hawk eating a squirrel.
16. Guy driving a forklift.
17. A huge rock, actually I didn't see it, I drove over it first and tore my front bumper off.
18. The drunk guy walking from the liquor store with a 6-pack at 8:10am.
19. Paper snowflakes made by a child hanging in the window.
20. Little kids running to their parents after school.

Another great day!

A message for my heart

Today at work one of the guys I work with said something to me that really surprised me. We were coming into the office after a cold snowy morning reading meters. We were commenting on the weather and about our loss of jobs. The humor was light as we joked around.

Charter looked over at me and said, "Out of my 32 years here, and working with all these people, I'm going to miss you the most." He turned and flashed a smile. You have been fun to work with and are so interesting. You have achieved so much in your life, none of these people come close to what you have accomplished." As he spoke his arms were stretched out wide as to gester to all those around us.

I looked over at him and thanked him, told him he was going to make me cry. He smiled and went out of the office.

When I started this job, this man would not even speak to me. He was in his late 50's and really kept to himself, not sharing information, or speaking much at all. He had worked 30 years with some of these people, they did not know a thing about him. He didn't offer, and others didn't ask. Until me.

I think I brought him out of his shell, and let me tell you, I still did not know much about this fellow I worked with daily.

He brought something to me today, a reason to be proud of who I am. Proud of what I have done. Most were not even work related, just bits and pieces of my life, risks I have taken, places I have been.

I could never see it in myself. Charter did, he said it in a way that made me believe it.

I thank him, I can move forward now, without looking behind with sorrow.