How does one begin to sit with the news of the shooting at Sandy Hook School in Connecticut. I am reminded of the times I have seen a child fall on the ground with a scratched up knee, and how my heart beats faster. Now to think of children's blood being shed and on the … [Read more...] about School Shooting at Sandy Hook Connecticut: Poem: Children, Teachers ,Guns,Lives and Deaths
life and death
Breast Cancer Awareness, Thoughts, and Poem
It is October once again, and somehow everywhere I look there is pink. Yes, it is Breast Cancer awareness Month. Do I want to know how I can beat the odds and not be the one out of eight women with breast cancer. Yes, I do want to know. If there is a knowing … [Read more...] about Breast Cancer Awareness, Thoughts, and Poem
Villaggio Mall Doha Qatar Fire, A tribute to fire fighters
It is hard to find the place in my throat where a sound may come and I may say a few words. On such days, as today, another 13, 19, or more die. But on such a day, the children do not die of famine, disease or earthquake. They die of a fire inside a mall, inside a kindergarten … [Read more...] about Villaggio Mall Doha Qatar Fire, A tribute to fire fighters
Memorial Day 2012: A POEM
Memorial Day How does one mark the days that one does not remember How does one mark a grave with no name but only with a life inside no longer It is in service that most of these burials have happened and it is in remembering that we remind ourselves it is good not to … [Read more...] about Memorial Day 2012: A POEM
Happy International Nurse’s Day May 12, 2012. A Gratitude to Florence Nightingale and YOU
Today I would like to honor all those nurses around the world who wear white on their shoulders and blood on their hands. Today I would like to honor all those nurses around the world that sit at the bedside of your mother and mine when we are too weak or busy. Today I would … [Read more...] about Happy International Nurse’s Day May 12, 2012. A Gratitude to Florence Nightingale and YOU