Tuesday, November 20, 2012


Even though it was four years ago,
some days you're like,
"What happened? Hey....anybody....what happened?"

You saw it with your own eyes.

You experienced it with your own life.
You were there when everything changed.

But still

When you least expect it,
When you are goofing around
Or just lying upside down on the sofa,
You wonder to yourself and to the world,
"What happened??"

And then you get up,

Go back to eating,
Or playing,
Or sleeping, 
And get on with the mission of living.


December 7, 1935 -- November 24, 2008
Shirley Armistead Hardin Neville . . .my beloved Mom

“Death—the last sleep? No, it is the final awakening.” ~ Walter Scott


Thursday, November 15, 2012

Four Years Ago Pre-T-giving Week


Four years ago this week
            We were talking about the meal
                     And planning what you'd make

And what you were going to buy from the grocery
        And what I'd make when I got there.
                                   You always got excited about Thanksgiving.

Me too.


Love you. Miss you. Thankful for you.