I remember the day I first laid eyes on Andrea Swanson. I was working the afternoon shift at the county hospital. It was a pretty much routine day. A case of food poisoning, one youngster had got his leg caught in the spokes of his bike. And a few cases of chest...
In the autumn of my lifeNow that the days are finally hereI think about what could have beenInstead of what was, all these yearsMy hair is turning whiteLike a new fallen snowYet my heart still remembersWhen life was all aglowNow that I am olderWith more than half my...
After I graduated from H.S., I moved the 90 miles to my grandma's place to take care of her. My grandpa had died the year I was 15, and I promised him when I was old enough, and could make money, I'd move in with gram and take care of her. Gram lived at a "lake...
Two weeks before my son Andy died, he and I were at a church festival. They were selling little houseplants. He had 5.00 in his pocket, and somehow without me seeing him, he managed to purchase a tiny Swedish Ivy plant with 3 tiny leaves on it.That night he gave it to...
If tears could fill an ocean Or change the color of the sea I know I'd be responsible Since the day that you left me If tears could make me happy And take the pain away I know I'd be responsible And perhaps find fame If tears could bring you back And make my life...
As Christmas time nears, we who have lost a child only have our memories to carry us through. My mind has been reeling with memories of years past. But there was one, that I will always remember.......It was a cold snowy December that year in 1976. Frigid temperatures...
Today I was walkingOn a street in my townI came across a big white houseWith a carefully manicured lawn I saw a little boyPlaying in the sandRunning his trucks to and froMy mind drifted to another land...... The days when I once had a little boyWho loved to play in...