Ritual gives strength to our lives, bolsters our steps and solidifies our intentions. Each night the ritual begins at roughly the same time. An hour before the sun falls on the horizon, he moves silently to the study. There he gazes upon the portrait of his parents. The pause is rarely any extended period of time. Out of respect and deference ( Read more... )

why am I walking barefoot ( Read more... )

June 27th. Almost twenty years ago, now ( Read more... )

At least once a year, stately Wayne Manor is brightly illuminated because of the charitable tradition in the family. This particular affair was started when Thomas and Martha Wayne were still alive, intended to benefit the Children's Hospital of Gotham ( Read more... )

I'll be home for Christmas
You can count on me
Please have snow and mistletoe
And presents on the tree...He was four when he heard the song for the first time, a Christmas Eve when a dedicated physician was called out in the snow to help with an emergency downtown. The weather was bad, travel and roads treacherous, and Martha Wayne had begged her ( Read more... )

The sun was just starting to think about peeking over the horizon when Bruce Wayne's Jaguar returns to Wayne Manor, stopping in front of the front entrance. He opens the door and plucks from the front seat an eight-year-old boy fast asleep - how, Bruce couldn't surmise because of the sugar that Dick had consumed at the donut shop - but he doesn't ( Read more... )

It's been three months, and he's still having the nightmares ( Read more... )

"Wonder Woman."

Tim may only have been up front talking to Jason for a few minutes, but those minutes were long enough. Long enough for Dick Grayson to finally close his eyes and fall asleep at Bruce's side.

And as he does so, ( he dreams, and remembers... )