For Joe

Stormy Weather 
The wind howled
It blew tumbleweed across the road
And it came right at my car.
There was no time to stop and I hit it.
It exploded and tiny branches went everywhere
It disappeared and broke into pieces
 
I imagined my grief as that tumbleweed
Rolling around in my life during the year
Then the holidays come
Bringing the day you died [...]

For Joe – April 9, 1967 – December 6, 1988

When he was born, he gave meaning to my life and he was my anchor in the wonder of the world.

The Pain Just Never Goes Away

Today would have been Joe’s 41st birthday.  Joe was killed when a truck hit his car in 1988 – he was 21 years old at the time of his death.  The horror happened in the first part of December – I went to work and took off at lunch to buy his stocking stuffers (a big [...]