Hill Holler

As parents we do what we think best for our kids given the resources we have at hand. Whether you’re rich or poor doesn’t matter a bit though when it comes to what they need most. Wouldn’t it be wonderful to be able to parcel up things like happiness, love and joy and simply hand it to them? Perhaps. But then they wouldn’t learn much of life for themselves that way either. It would be like looking at someone’s vacation photos instead of being there experiencing it and saying it’s the same thing.

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CliffsNotes are very handy if you need a refresher on a particular genre or classic book. Although this  resource is designed really for students, these literature guides can be used in a lot of ways.

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This poem was the first one I ever had published.  Even though I can see it could do with some tweaks here and there now, I still like the poem and wouldn’t change it for that reason. Yes, I’m a softie, what can I say! I just don’t want to lose the essence of it.

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I’d like to share this piece with moms everywhere, my wish being that it gives even one mom out there a glimmer of hope on their not so good days.

Based on a real event, it was written in remembrance of what probably seems like an ordinary moment to most people that passed between my son and I. At a time though when I’d felt that we were losing the connection we had, this unexpected insight was all the more precious. I hope you enjoy reading it as much as I did writing it.

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