What Crosses My Mind

  • Lest We Forget, Again

    For we do that, oh so often, we do decide upon a beautiful sunset, perhaps the rising moon, a sweet snowfall, even the rain of a heated summer day, lets our mind return to the numbing nature of a human condition built upon, the product of denial.   But we cannot, simply look alive people,…

  • name and faces

    I walked into my classroom today, and the kids were being themselves, I was thinking about their welfare, wondering how many wondered themselves. When I glanced into their faces, I’d seen them already, splashed across the television screen hanging in the living room of everyone’s home. I wonder if it’s possible to tell each other…

  • I Looked In Their Hearts Today

    I didn’t tell them as much, you never can, well you might, I might occasionally want to shout, I want them to know I love them, we love them, there’s a lot of love when each one of them walks inside my classroom.   I wanted to reach them today, they couldn’t really feel the…

  • 194 Souls … Counting

    I read the news today Lives, gasps, smiles, tears On the eve of Newtown We have lost 194 Children we love From in our homes across America ~ When we imagine the skies Over Sandy Hook, A sunny glorious morning Cannot bring back the lives While we cherish their innocent souls. From in our homes…