SACRIFICE There is no success without sacrifice, Sacrifice is just a way to show that you are very nice The matchstick sacrifices itself to light up a lamp at every height The candle sacrifices itself to give out light at night The woman sacrifices herself…

Cleaning out my mother’s townhome assisted living came grudgingly – terminology I use on charitable days cleaning out the tidy home of a certified and fully anointed packrat was less time-capsule discovery more bafflement at later-in-life finds At the far end of her walk-in closet…

Doors close Sometimes it feels like it’s too soon Like it’s not exactly Time to move on To move forward We force doors open Prying them open with our fingernails Pressing into them with our backs And our feet planted on the walls Anything we…

The closet in the room once held the dresses Zack refused to wear Of course, he was a little girl then but had I known then what was going on, he could have been spared some amount of grief   Once he opened the closet…

All things end In the end Time moves on In the end All things change Life moves on All things change Such is life So we grow