Friday, June 20, 2008

Uncle ManyNames: A farewell

Skeet, Skeetah, Pete, Peter, Uncle Pete, Uncle Skeet, Uncle Peterson. My smiling uncle of so many names, father, brother, son, caretaker, survivor finally let go.




He will be missed, his laughter, his good heart and his great cooking.

Monday, June 09, 2008

Momma C: Missing you


She thought of this name in the midst of her newly found freedom, her starting over in life, the mother of my bestfriend, when I asked her what I should call her.

She was wonderful to me, treating me like I was one of her own and giving me her mother of the bride dress which I gladly wore to my school's prom.

She was tough in her own way, she knew when to fight and when to say, "I've had enough". I can only ever hope to have a morsel of the strength that she truly possessed.

In deepest loving memory.

Thursday, June 05, 2008

The Loss of a Friend Makes Me Think that...



Life is so fragile,

we should make sure that we bask in the blessed gift that God gives us each day...

we should always call our friends with a smile in our voice,

send them silly emails and

get together every once in a while to

just laugh

together.