Reflections

As we get older 

Our lives may get smaller

With losses, unexpected

With capabilities that fade.  

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Recall those childhood years

Where we were so focused on

Protecting what’s mine

Whether crayons or...

Life comes at us quickly

Relentlessly marching on 

No matter what we need most

Unless we decide to...

Life changes in an instant.

This truth we all experience. 

Setting aside our plans

Taking up new...

Life sometimes moves quickly 

With challenges we did not expect

Derailing our careful plans

Pausing...

Wave after wave of lies

Battering our defenses

In hopes we someday give in

But we will not. 

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For...

The storms of life 

Take many forms 

Some very obvious 

Most invisible to others. 

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It is so...

When urgency overwhelms 

When moments matter most

When loved ones need us now

There is Peace...

Tomorrow’s dreams begin

With today’s first step. 

I do not know where 

You will take me next 

Yet,...

Before the dawn arrives. 

Before my mind scatters.  

Before demands mount up. 

There is You and me. 

The challenge each day is

How I will meet this moment. 

Will I participate? In so many

Battles...

The last five years

Plus the five before have 

Shaped and formed 

Pruned and shed

Who I used to...