February 12, 2024

remembrance of her high

pitched laugh as they welcomed

friends into their home and

being kids we would go off

to bed and pretend to be asleep

then we would sneak down the 

stairs and hide and listen to

their words serious and those

filled with joy of being together

with your brother and his wife

for there was an openness, a

beautiful friendship between

them, a giving of all to keep them

together in moments of despair, 

childhood fears, jobs lost but

love between their families was 

the open pillar of faith with each

other, that our love would last

forever and it did, a blessing

for all of us to feel the beauty

in families wonderful caring