Wednesday, January 9, 2013

Our Family Tree is an Orchard (and that's okay)

How very far
The branches stretch.
Over years and miles,
the seeds and leaves, and
cones have scattered.

But ROOTS are forever.
Roots are Love.
Roots are Family.
The Hearts in a Family
remain connected.

And the very same
Southern soil from
whence we all came
will run forever
through all our veins.


Monday, January 7, 2013

For the Fourth, on the arrival of the Fifth

God made you a little boy, and
then HE made you a Man. 
God chose your mate, and
then He let you think that
YOU chose your mate.
Now, through that Union,
He has created, and
entrusted to your care,
a brand-new, tiny person,
making a fine family where
once there were only
two young people,
Happy, and madly in love.