IN A VETERINARIAN'S WAITING ROOM

Our emotions are bare

as the walls surround us ...

our feelings exposed

as the pets on our laps ...

We all meet as strangers

but the things we discuss ...

are life ... love ... and death

too revealing perhaps ...

Our sick little creatures

dissolve inhibitions ...

when our names are called

we arise and depart ...

All unaware of our

own frank expositions ...

each leaving behind

a small piece of their heart!

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Picture is of my cat, Smokey.

She has kidney disease and I take her to our vet for IV treatments twice a week.

She is 16 years old and such a sweetheart!

I DID NOT KNOW ...

I did not know that silence

could sound like light ...

I did not know that music

could stretch a landscape into forever ...

so it could blossom into

a million gardens ...

or that my eyes could paint

a cobalt sky ...

I did not know the sight of you

would change my life forever ...

into a daily hourly hosanna

of my love for you ...

I did not know!

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Photo courtesy of Lorraine at:

http://wordsflowandstuffl.blogspot.com

Thanks so much, Lorraine!

THERE SHALL BE ROSES

It rained the day we said good-bye

and I heard someone say ...

"How sad that rain should bring

an added gloom."

They did not know

how much you loved spring rain ...

and what delight was yours

in strolling through your garden

on nature's wash-day ...

Soft spring rain is falling now ...

Remembering ... I pause at the window ...

You are there ... among the growing things ...

your benevolent hands caressing

the newly-washed green ... the bud ...

This spring ... there shall be roses ...

growing ... blooming ... where you sleep.

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In memory of my dear friend, Mary.

She died in the spring of 2006.

A TOAST TO MOTHER'S

Here's to the ones who gave the life

to the souls from the starry skies

here's to the ones that encircle the earth

with the light of their loving eyes.

Here's to the one who never forgets

though I roam the wide world over

whose love can banish all regrets

God's sweetest gift - my mother!

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Mom, this coming Sunday is Mother's Day!

Happy Mother's day to you, in heaven!

You are always in my heart!