Autumn in Virginia

1/2 of the Martin Family (plus me)

View from the Martin's Front Yard
Marrissa Martin - the dearest friend in the world!
Bald Eagle in the front yard:Afternoon Walk with my favorite Siberian Husky: Glacier.





Bonfire with friends:

Courage does not always roar, sometimes it is a quiet voice at the end of the day, saying... "I will try again tomorrow." -Mary Anne Radmacher

Only as high as I reach can I grow
Only as far as I seek can I go
Only as deep as I look can I see
Only as much as I dream can I be
-Karen Ravn

you and your suitcase

i felt sorry for you then
an awkward sorry
you and your suitcase
too big for the time

it was old
as you rumbled down that path
dusted with fallen leaves
and my unvoiced pity

i wanted to protect you
but you weren't worried
you had bigger thoughts
than to be embarrassed
by that old suitcase

i thought i had learned
from you and your suitcase
to respectfully ignore
the standards of those around

i tried to push it away
but there it sat, nagging

and so here i write
5 years later
about you and your suitcase

...a memory

Psalm 32:3, 4

When I kept silent {about my sin,} my body wasted away Through my groaning all day long.
For day and night Your hand was heavy upon me; My vitality was drained away {as} with the fever heat of summer.