Gatherings

"If I had a day that I could give you

I'd give to you a day just like today

If I had song that I could sing for you

     I'd sing a song to make you feel this way...."

"Sunshine almost always," John Denver, 

The Wildlife Concert

Imposter

I should be Grateful,

After all,

It could have been

Far worse.

Still there must be

An easier way to

Learn painful

Life-lessons than

In the throes of

Grief and Despair

Gasping for air,

Fighting to breathe,

Hanging-on for a

Hint of Compassion:

In expedience

I was left alone to

Drown

This most wretched self

Bare and Barren-

Exposed

For all the world to

See and Judge,

Crushing the

Broken pieces

Of a shattered

Existence

Into nothing

Almost .

Still from

Crystal Dust,

I rise. 

I am 

Standing now-

Stronger,

Wiser, even

Hopeful,

Without knowing

Anything

Anymore

For certain.

At best,

The same

I will never be.

"I'm Sorry"

Richard Walters

Original song by

John Denver

Ladybugs

"When I was a little girl,

I used to run around in the fields all day,

Trying unsuccessfully to catch ladybugs.

Finally I would get tired and lay down for a nap.

When I awoke, I’d find ladybugs walking all over me.”

"Katherine," Under the Tuscan Sun.

"Live Forever," Billy Joe Shaver

George W. Ferrie
8/3/1954-10/31/2017

I'm gonna live forever
I'm gonna cross that river
I'm gonna catch tomorrow now
You're gonna wanna hold me
Just like I always told you
You're gonna miss me when I'm gone
Nobody here will ever find me
But I always be around
Just like the songs I leave behind me
I'm gonna live forever now

You fathers and you mothers
Be good to one another
Please try to raise your children right
Don't let the darkness take 'em
Don't make 'em feel forsaken
Just lead them safely to the light
When this old world has blown us under
And all the stars from fall this sky
Remember someone really loves you
We'll live forever you and I

I'm gonna live forever
I'm gonna cross that river
I'm gonna catch tomorrow now

I'm gonna live forever
I'm gonna cross that river
I'm gonna catch tomorrow now

I'm gonna live forever
I'm gonna cross that river
I'm gonna catch tomorrow now

I'm gonna live forever
I'm gonna cross that river
I'm gonna catch tomorrow now

I'm gonna live forever now
I'm gonna live forever now
I'm gonna live forever now
I'm gonna live forever now

Dream of angels and sunshine
Rivers of red wine, and orange peel blues
Dream of angels and sunshine
Rivers of red wine, and orange peel blues

"Live Forever"

"Live forever, y'all, whether you want to or not,"

Billy Joe Shaver

Celebrating you every single day,

with all my love, heart, and soul,

💓Donna