Alyssa
A quintessential role model I honestly believe in today’s disconnected America, despite a person’s age, it’s essential that we pay attention to a person who will be looked upon as an example to be imitated. Someone who stands out from the crowd — someone who changes lives. Well, let me introduce you to fifteen-year-old Alyssa. She’s a precious […]
Accommodating Change
Adjusting the way I look at things. I’m a man who thinks a lot about changing the world around me and is of the opinion that anything is possible as long as you believe it. There were times when my thinking was interrupted being unable to suppress trivial thoughts. I used to get annoyed when: […]
I Believe
Wired To Love To have a belief one must have confidence in the truth, the existence, or the reliability of something, although without absolute truth that one is right in doing so. I believe:That the truth will allow us the freedom to be who we areThat we can only find the truth if we seek […]
Welcome Back
Gonna sing an old song to you right nowOne that you heard beforeMight be a window to your soul I can open slowly I’ve been singing this way for so longRiding through this stormMight remind me of who we areAnd why we walk so lowly Before the world has closed us inWe might still allow […]
Small Town Boy
From the pen and perspective of Drake Gaetano Bright red hair and loads of freckles Always on the run Something had to be done It was the right time, the right place For a small-town boy But getting caught Now that was no fun The slaps, the curses The times I saw the nurses And […]
DOG Tags and Crosses
Sterling symbols of a soldier’s faith His country issued him dog tags He wears them with pride; Metal symbols of service Round his neck, tucked inside, Engraved are his birth date, Social number and name. His blood type and religion. A pair of tags, both the same. His mother gave him a silver cross He wears […]
Calling All Salmon
Mistaken Identity The main reason salmon swim upstream is to spawn, and we all know what that means. You know, the male and female thing; she does this, and he does that. Yet the male is the one who is risking his life because once the eggs are fertilized, he dies shortly afterward. As young salmon […]
The Depth Of A Mothers Love
When words just aren’t enough What’s the one word that would best describe a mother? There isn’t one, nor will there ever be. How can we measure the depth of a mother’s love with a single word? That would be like trying to describe God or something as vast as the universe in a solitary word. […]
