by Deb Farris | Feb 9, 2023 | Family, Musings
This is the last birthday we all had with Pops. His own pops made it to 62, and his mother and brother to 80. He was sure he wouldn’t make it past the mark of his 8th decade, but he kept going and going seven more years. It was a miracle. I do believe all our days...
by Deb Farris | Feb 9, 2023 | Musings
I open my eyes and wonder what Words await while the sound of rain on the porch roof catches me by surprise. Listen, wait, putter, putz. The open umbrella left to dry billows like a chest taking in air. I inhale, exhaling as the truck idles beside the sidewalk out...
by Deb Farris | Jun 29, 2018 | Musings, Poetry
I walk forward. I feel you behind me but do not turn to look back. I can sense your shadow. You are still my father, just as you were two years ago when I realized your footprints would no longer be seen on earth, or your shuffling heard. I move forward but admit that...
by Deb Farris | Jun 22, 2016 | Aging Parents, Family, Grief, Poetry
leave the cocoon, a caterpillar flies sleep to bloom, a morning glory must shed its layers, a grain of wheat thrives yes, from death comes new Life it must!
