The Power of a Family
I witnessed a powerful act of family on the weekend. Most families are made up of a diverse collection of genetic and non-genetic relationships and our Westwood/Smith family reunion on the weekend was a great example of this. The glue that holds this family together is the patriarch Albert Edward Westwood who was my grandmother’s…
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Violet
You have got my heart on a string. I haven’t even met you and you You have got my heart on a string. You are brightening my senses Ignoring all my defenses You have got my heart on a string. You’ve a name that makes me think light, Posies and roses, sun-beams bright Wonderland, daisy…
Continue readingThe Heart is Full
Upon this day, my heart is full The fam’ly tree that once was two, Now has branches fully pulled, And bowed and stretched and turned askew The stems are laden with the fruit And fill the soul with rev’rent bliss The outflow of two hearts that grew As sealed upon the lips that kiss A…
Continue readingEarth Day 2014
Life marches ever onward Thousands of years come and go Constant motion of the tides Beings that ebb and flow Yet, there’s a change this Earth Day Parents and all grandparents Children arrive one-by-one This blue-green fragile planet The jewel of many suns Light begins a new Earth Day Made from nothing but stardust She…
Continue readingSong For A Grandson
Becoming a grandfather has had a profound effect on me. Things that used to seem important seem less so. Other things have increased in importance. I have tried to capture some of these feelings in words and melody. I offer up these words to you with an attitude of transparency. Take a look inside this…
Continue readingDon’t Miss Your Life
The perfect Father’s Day song. Don’t Miss Your Life (Phil Vassar and Charlie Black – Listen to it at http://www.philvassar.com/) On a plane to the west coast Laptop on my tray Papers spread across my seat A big deadline to make An older man next to me said, “Sorry to intrude Thirty years ago, my busy…
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