Hello, dear blog friends ~
Late yesterday, I heard from my youngest son. He is being treated at the Sloan Kettering Cancer Center. He had just learned that the surgery was successful and was very happy -- as was I. Though lengthy treatment lies ahead for him, there is now much needed hope.
Each of us has our personal sorrows and challenges, and we suffer greatly when these heartbreaks touch our children. Sometimes we forget that we are more alike than different, but our human frailties remind us of that truth.
My poem today was sparked by the above phone call, and it attempts to respond to this week's Tanka Tuesday prompt. Poet Colleen Chesebro invites us to focus on the full moon by writing a Tanka Puente using a quote from the Pioneer Woman at the center of our poem.
Here's my contribution:
Late yesterday, I heard from my youngest son. He is being treated at the Sloan Kettering Cancer Center. He had just learned that the surgery was successful and was very happy -- as was I. Though lengthy treatment lies ahead for him, there is now much needed hope.
Each of us has our personal sorrows and challenges, and we suffer greatly when these heartbreaks touch our children. Sometimes we forget that we are more alike than different, but our human frailties remind us of that truth.
My poem today was sparked by the above phone call, and it attempts to respond to this week's Tanka Tuesday prompt. Poet Colleen Chesebro invites us to focus on the full moon by writing a Tanka Puente using a quote from the Pioneer Woman at the center of our poem.
Here's my contribution:
Have a wonderful week, dear friends. Let's all search for the Light. ❤️
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