My Family After Tragedy

  Soon the girls and I will venture on the British Columbia roads.  It will not be a long trip; it will only be three days and two nights; perhaps another day and another night. I will be responsible for the driving, hence, I'll try to be in the best shape I can.  Lately, I have been suffering from a vicious backache and have done everything to get rid of it.  I even went to the local hospital ER and they told me that it will take time for this to go away, usually from two to three weeks.  I am feeling a little better today as I enter the second week.  The day of the trip is approaching.  Every day in one's life comes and nothing slows down that invisible time machine. Contrary to Christina's beliefs; I enjoy being in the passenger seat.  I enjoy the actual drive but also enjoy looking at the vast immensity of British Columbia when I am not driving.   I know where I'll retire once the girls move out on their own. I will go inland, about an 8-hour drive from where we liv

  When I sit to think on you I think long, The sea, the sky, the stars, there is always more. If I cannot find the words then let memories fly, Sounds, knocks, music, water, silence, there is always more. When I sit to think on you I pause long, And float suspended in this mist waiting, Waiting for you long, to become light, For me to sleep away swimming in warm milk. When I walk to think on you I walk long, My feet hurt and I only notice silence. You do not hold my hand, nor kiss my face; those are the rules, And I do it again the next day hoping for a different end. When I sit to think on you I think long, To see you sitting calmly on the opposite shore. One day I will close my eyes to swim to you, And I will think no more.