With all the snow and a sore back from shoveling and falling in it, I decided that White Christmas was due for an update.

enjoy....



A Not so White Christmas


I’m Dreaming of a Brown Christmas,
Just like Walla Walla is known for,
Where the tree tops are barren…children are star’in
At the rain pour’in down.

I’m dreaming of a Brown Christmas,
With every shovel full of snow I must throw..
May your days be gloomy and warm….
And all your Christmas’s be Brown.

Cold steel,
Cutting, burning, tearing at the veil of skin…

Skin,
A veil covering our imperfections
Hiding our inner demons
A cloak covering our darkness

Steel slicing through the veil,
Warmth flows out of the darkness
freedom of our sins and imperfections

Cold steel,
Cooling the heat of failure
Quenching the fire of judgement of those surrounding us.

Love thy neighbor as thy self…
The greatest is Love…
For God so Loved the world…

The Book of which we swear upon, the Book that we use as a guide for our lives speaks of Love in almost every page.

The inspiration of the Book spent His life reaching out with Love to those who were different from the “norm”; yet His followers spend their time, energy and money telling all to hate those who Love in a way that is not theirs.

This is the original version of “The Greatest is Love”, the previous entry was one I used for a creative writing class, my instructor felt that the original was “too personal”. With the change of plans for our wedding in California now that that the people of CA have spoke, I dug this out once more. Hope you enjoy it

D..


It has been told that Faith, Hope, and Love are the three greatest virtues to be had.
Of these Three,
Love is the Greatest.

For with your Love
I have found the Faith within myself that once was lost.

With renewed Faith
I now believe in the Hope of our future.
With the Hope of what our future holds in store for us
I now give myself to Love you completely.

You have shown me that with out Love,
There is no Faith,
Without Faith,
There can be no Hope,
And without Hope
There is no reason to Love.

Faith, Hope, and Love…
And the greatest of these is
Love.

Alone

Karen left tonight to work in Moses Lake for about 3 to 6 months or more. Ok, I know it's only 2 flippin' hours away; but somehow tonight it feels like she's in a country on the other side of the world. This was the first time I cried when we had to spend time apart. Maybe because we just had pretty great week together (the first one in a while), I just don't really know why I became so emotional. Maybe it was the full moon.



Alone, I miss the feel of your touch

the smell of your skin,
the sound of your laugh.

Alone, I feel as if a part of me is missing
an emptiness within my stomach
an ache around my heart.



Alone, the animals gather around to offer comfort
a cat on my foot, a dog by my side
the television drowns my inner tears.



I watch Ellen on the "tube"
laughter and silliness, I forget myself for a moment
but then, pictures of Ellen and Portia
I think of next summer
a day we have dreamed of
vows of our love for each other


Alone tonight,
seeing each other one day a week
what feels today as forever,
will soon give us Forever.



I Love You.

D