Day Nine of "Thirty Days of Gratitude" A Photo and Poetry Series

old pictures/memories buried/some part of that life was good/sometimes i miss the predictability/i know i am right where i should be/i know these struggles will all be worth it/sometimes i get scared/then i look at old pictures and know i am better now

Day Eight of "Thirty Days of Gratitude" A Photo and Poetry Series

so many
words
spoken
tears
cried
laughs
bellowed
memories
made
thoughts
reflected
storms
watched
babies
rocked

knitting
reading
conversing
ruminating

we talk
about
girls
God
parenting
life stories
woes
triumphs
goals
the sad
the beautiful
the incomprehensible
the unjust

no one
ever leaves the
swing without
answers

Day Seven of "Thirty Days of Gratitude" A Photo and Poetry Series

a chance at
some sort of
normalcy

i took him
on the light rail
today

we shopped
at all the cool
stores

he ordered and
paid for his own
pizza

just a kid
walking around
tempe

just one of
many teenagers
milling

a chance to
show the world
independence

Day Six of "Thirty Days of Gratitude" A Photo and Poetry Series

"make me some
beany weinies
roomie"

"wash yourself
a spoon,
homo"

"i have
a spoon
gay-face"

Day Five of "Thirty Days of Gratitude" A Photo and Poetry Series

"i told my friends you were gay"
so matter of fact he was
"mommy, why don't they vote for love"
innocent and inquisitive
"i love you mommy"
and i know that will never change

Day Four of "Thirty Days of Gratitude" A Photo and Poetry Series

two friends
out to
lunch

two beers
down the
hatch

two friends
are feeling
relaxed

Day Three of "Thirty Days of Gratitude" A Photo and Poetry Series

that day they
had a plan
my three knights
would sell
the neighbors
oranges

the clever one
wrote the sign
the savvy one
chose the price
the cute one
sold the most

they made
eight dollars
working as one
that fun day
they split it
without a fight

Day Two of "Thirty Days of Gratitude" A Photo and Poetry Series

playing hookie
hiding out from
the truancy police

the sun warms
my feet and
i listen to birds

my mind wanders
freely like
the sparrow up high

Day One of "Thirty Days of Gratitude" A Photo and Poetry Series

The "Thirty Days of Gratitude" blog was a brain child of JLB. One day when I was feeling particularly glum, she suggested that I do a photo series for 30 days of things I am grateful for. This was to remind me of all the often unnoticed beauty and love that surround me daily. So this was yesterdays photo. I couldn'y get it up til tonight, but from now on, I will try and get it up every day on time.




perfect
day
come out and
play

she said i
will
we talked for
hours

honesty and
openness
ease of
conversation

all ends well
with a
a perfect goodnight
kiss