I Don’t Know Why

I don’t know why. I’ll never know why. I don’t have to know why. I don’t like it. I don’t have to like it. What I do have to do is make a choice about my living. What I do want to do is accept it and go on living. The choice is mine. I can go on living, valuing every...

Injustice

You departed from this Earth six months ago, During your illness you told me I’d have to let you go; While I could no longer bear to see you in that state, I could not comprehend how this could be your fate. In your 20 years of life you accomplished more than...

From a Child

Do not stand at my grave and weep. I am not there, I do not sleep. I am a thousand winds that blow. I am diamond glints on snow. I am the sunlight on ripened grain. I am the gentle autumn rain. When you awaken in the morning’s hush, I am the swift uplifting rush...

A Prayer for Helping and Healing Someone Who Has Lost a Loved One.

These are challenging times for my dear friend (relative, etc.) There may be some difficult days for her (him) along the way. I want to be there to help. Please don’t let my own fears get in the way. Sometimes I may not have the right words to share. I may feel...

There will be a tomorrow that exists without me.

There will be a tomorrow that exists without me. And I know that. When that day arrives, I want this world to have seen greater beauty because I existed. I want my life to have meant something. I want this world to be brighter. I want this world to be happier. I want...

The Little Ship

In Memory of Allison Morales I STOOD WATCHING AS THE LITTLE SHIP SAILED OUT TO SEA. THE SETTING SUN TINTED ITS WHITE SAILS WITH GOLDEN LIGHT. AND AS IT DISAPPEARED FROM VIEW A VOICE AT MY SIDE WHISPERED….SHE IS GONE. BUT THE SEA WAS A NARROW ONE, AND ON THE...

Sudden eruption of pain

Sudden eruption of pain, Darkness all around, The loss of a child. The life will never be whole anymore, Fractured, like a pieces of a puzzle That a parent desperately tries to put together, But there is always a missing piece. For long, long time a mother lives in a...

JOY AND SORROW

Then a woman said, ”Speak to us of Joy and Sorrow.” And he answered: Your joy is your sorrow unmasked. And the selfsame well from which your laughter rises was oftentimes filled with your tears. And how else can it be? The deeper that sorrow carves into your being,...

We Are But a Breath Apart

I trace the outline of your face with my spirit finger tips. Surely you feel the energy as it escapes. Existence has many layers. We are but a breath apart. My electric energy pattern varies from yours in this dimension my consummate desire is to communicate with you;...

A Mother’s Letter to God

Dear God: I don’t have your exact address to mail my letter so I am simply asking you to please take care of my daughter Bari Lynn Swedlow – Hebrew name Bat Ami. She just entered your new world…You will recognize her wearing a red Mickey & Minnie tee shirt,...