Veteran's Day

"Thank You" just doesn't really express how deeply I feel it. 

But my life is better because of your service, your sacrifice, and your efforts.

"Thank You" seem an inadequate thing to tell you, after all you've done.

But my community and our society are unquestionably better for you doing it.

A quick "Thank You" on Veteran's Day and Memorial Day is negligent on our part.

But you never waited for the applause and accolades to do what you knew needed to be done.

"Thank You" can't give your family the time they have missed with you.

But they are heroes too, and you--with them--have offered much more than most of us.

"Thank You" for your service, your sacrifices, your efforts, your dedication.

My family, my life, my country, my world are all that I love because of men and women like you.

THANK YOU.

From the bottom of my heart.

Remembering Veteran's Day, 2011.

Poem #8

The Boy recently had a poetry unit in his English class. They had to write their own poetry after learning about the forms and purposes of poetry. I am sure they read famous poems as well, but there is no evidence that there was any modeling from the following creation in his poetry notebook he brought home:


Poem # 8 by The Boy

Sitting at home doing nothing. playing with friend latter that day. walking walking hearing cars go scrich coming to a stop. walking inside tap tap the sound of my footsteps. Going to my room walking in and seeing a dead littel crab lying lifeless as cold as snow out of its shell as I loved him as I loved him. one dead littel crab. lifeless his heart stopped as if the world froze time stopped not one tick tick motionless.


original spelling and punctuation preserved....oh, my.