Adventure Mom Poems

Ayla at Two

With a fistful of raisins and
Chocolate-flavored goatee,
Your favorite Dora tee shirt
Splotched red from your spaghetti lunch,
We sit on the floor together as
You climb...

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A single mom, strong and brave,
Navigating life with love to pave.
With a heart full of determination,
She faces challenges without hesitation.

She wears many hats, all at...

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In her shadow,
I knew the meaning of comfort
The whisper of grace
The joy of acceptance
The miracle of a place
Where silence knew deliverance
And kindness knew the way
To...

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If she heard one more yeehaw or giddy up she would croak.
Being a greenhorn in Texas horse country is not a funny joke.
When she started...

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Time to load up the family Dodge and hit the open road.
Our backs to California, the wheels rolling east towards the deep south. 
Arriving by...

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On an early morning just before school
My tummy is churning my head hurts too
My feet are cold my forehead is hot
I have a runny nose...

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Looking back, one thing comes clean-glass clear
you were always there for me subduing every fear.

I tried to do my duty, be a husband strong and...

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I was enjoying a quiet moment in the bookstore when bursting through the door
followed by her mom and dad…came a little girl…I imagine around four.

She...

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(alternately titled: courtesy Doctor Donald Dossey  
who coined paraskevidekatriaphobia 

August thirteenth nineteen hundred and ninety nine
forever etched in annals of my personal infamy
as one...

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The Garden at Grandma’s

The house is quiet, the chores are all done. 
We have gathered in the place out back. 
There is pit for a...

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mabe its your child
by loks and smile
stop and think a while
looks can fool you too
its could be  you see  
MOM BAby
and daddy MABE...

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you  are  my all
i just call
so say your all i had
i still you both you  too
mad to have you am glad
HAPPY NEW...

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What is going on?
My mom has the answers to all our childhood
Plights.
I want to know
Just how
You see through walls?
When did your hearing get so keen?
Where...

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they can make you sad
and  drive you mad
 also make you gald
to have them at your side
and your guild
think god  that you had
or...

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Wen everyone is out
She is in for u
She is one who is real
Who is one never new to u
To keep us merry
God has send us...

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