June 2011
2 posts
The (un)Giving Tree
There’s a young girl named Alice
who lives in a land over the sea.
A girl I’ve never met
nor a girl I may never see.
Alice says she’s sick
she asks us for one last thing
To register to the marrow registry
and to also hear dolphins sing
There’s a Man named Ron
who writes about heroes for a living
he asks for help on the holidays
because it is to tots that...
The Documented Dad
I sit here in a brief moment of rare respite. Both my children are beded and sleeping off a midday nap. I envy their situation as I wish I could nap with the certainty that it would be for a refreshing period of time. I’m one of those nappers that if i’s too short I just end up more tired and grumpy than if I had remained awake. This is a typical missive of mine as I almost always opt...
