My Nail Tech

Communcation free flowing.
Laughter and tears, too.
She holds my hand as
she polishes my nails.
I love her,
she is my daughter.

Togetherness, Sweet and Telling

Daughter shares something with me at the movie.
Nothing big, but I would not have known otherwise.
The sharing wouldn’t take place but for this movie,
the ease of our laughter, and the discovery that we
eat popcorn the same way, one fluffy kernel at a time.  

Wedding Rehearsal

“It is what it is – if you cry, you cry.”

Jeni Roney

The rehearsal walk down the aisle didn’t go well. 

Each time her father began the walk, he’d break down.

His son died six months before, the pain still so raw.

He felt the absence with each step he took.  He prayed

for strength.  His daughter had lost her brother,

she deserved a perfect day. He confided

 “Jeni, I don’t think I can do this, I loose it every time.”

She held his hand, looked into his eyes, “Dad,

it is what it is.  If you cry, you cry”. He felt

the freedom of those words. He walked down the aisle

with such pride in his daughter, wise and grown.

He began to live his life with these words in mind,

“it is what it” with the silent rejoinder, “if you cry, you cry.”