Orange Sky

Well, I had a dream

I stood beneath an orange sky

Yes I had a dream

I stood beneath an orange sky

With my brother standing by

With my brother standing by

I said, "Brother, you know you know

it's a long road we've been walking on

Brother, you know it is you know it is

Such a long road we've been walking on."

{Alexi Murdoch, lyrics}

Sometimes,

when you've been feeling like crap,
a good thing happens in the middle of the pity party you've been throwing.

Your brother sends you cute photos of your little nephew.

Photos of his family

and some play time in the water.

And the sunshine smiles brighten your {otherwise} miserable day.

And the knowledge of how

completely

stinkin'

happy

your brother is brings tears to your eyes.

The good kind of tears.

And then...

you really start to miss him.

And feeeeeeeeeeeel all those many miles that separate you.

And you get all nostalgic

and start looking at scrapbooks.

Then,

because you're already nursing the worst cold in the history of mankind,
and this is, after all, a pity party,

you get all

"woe is me"

and

"where did the time go"

and

"why am I not on a beach...."

So,

you go to bed.

And dream.

And, as is often the case,

when my brother is on my heart,

he is also very close to me in my dreams.

At some point last night,

as I fitfully slept and coughed and slept some more,

we swam together.

And for that moment
there was no cold,
no melancholy,
no distance...
only peace
and laughter
and
the two of us.
Still together.
As close as ever as we navigate this
long road called life.





Joining Kathy for
Song-ography

Black & White Wednesdays ~ Home

Father and Son

I sit with this photograph

and I search for words.

There have been many twists and turns in the path

that has led my brother

to this place.

He has longed for family,

yet never settled for less than truth

and true love.

He has known that the finding of a soul mate

was worth the wait.

And find her he did.

They are now three.

And my journeyman brother has found

home

in a way he's never known.

Join us here and share your 

Black & White photos!

I'm also linking up with

Wednesdays Around the World

Baby Noa

This weekend brought a little visitor

from the far off island of Maui

to my neck of the woods.

I met my {almost one year old} nephew for the firs time.

And my heart grew {at least} three sizes!!

"My wish for you

Is that this life becomes all that you want it to

Your dreams stay big, your worries stay small

You never need to carry more than you can hold

And while you're out there gettin' where you're gettin' to

I hope you know somebody loves you

And wants the same things too...
Yeah, this is my wish."
{Rascal Flatts}



Joining Kathy for
Song-ography