Bird Up
The longer I live, the less certainty I feel. Maybe that's what the big goodbye feels like... everything just becoming uncertain all at once, until all that's left is the essence of your soul, those things you know indelibly, without a doubt.
I know I'll always love my daughter, and be grateful to God for giving her to me. All the things in the world can't buy the happiness I feel when we sit on the couch and paint together, watching YouTube videos. If there's a heaven for me, it will feel like being near her makes me feel.
I know that Hailey was my soulmate. No getting around it, at this point. I needed her so much in so many ways, most that I can only name now, in hindsight. Things didn't work out, and that's OK I guess, if for no other reason than because it has to be OK, so I can be OK. That doesn't change my soul. She did, though. Love did.
I know how lucky I am to be a proud son of the USA. Not our wealth, not our pomp, and certainly not every word and deed out of the mouths or pens of our politicians, but proud of the values that made America what it is, the rights and responsibilities of membership in such a unique experiment in civic democracy.
So, that's my soul. Not much to it, really. But it's enough.
Fare well and until next time, all my best.
I know I'll always love my daughter, and be grateful to God for giving her to me. All the things in the world can't buy the happiness I feel when we sit on the couch and paint together, watching YouTube videos. If there's a heaven for me, it will feel like being near her makes me feel.
I know that Hailey was my soulmate. No getting around it, at this point. I needed her so much in so many ways, most that I can only name now, in hindsight. Things didn't work out, and that's OK I guess, if for no other reason than because it has to be OK, so I can be OK. That doesn't change my soul. She did, though. Love did.
I know how lucky I am to be a proud son of the USA. Not our wealth, not our pomp, and certainly not every word and deed out of the mouths or pens of our politicians, but proud of the values that made America what it is, the rights and responsibilities of membership in such a unique experiment in civic democracy.
So, that's my soul. Not much to it, really. But it's enough.
Fare well and until next time, all my best.