Trista Poems - Poems about Trista

... When we arrive at the cabin in summer after it’s been winterized… and no one has entered before us… We often know what little hiccups the cabin has waiting for us. This year we did know one hi......

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... For our last day in Paris everyone went exploring on their own… before we took the train to London and most of us headed back home. Damien and Trista went back to London with us…but will stay t......

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... Up today at 5:00 A. M….this was not by chance… We had to get up that to catch the 7:30 train to France. Paris to be exact…so with our packed suitcases in hand… we headed off to Paris…just as o......

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... Every day we’re making memories…we’re out in the world having fun… and every day, if I am lucky, I write a few lines about one… But with our suitcases and passports packed…and armed with Google......

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... I know I say this every time we visit our cabin in NC… how wonderful it is to visit a place with so much family history. And how I’ll never tire of visiting all those memories from our past be......

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..."People expect all stories of abuse to be loud and angry but they're not. Sometimes they're quiet and cruel and swept under the rug." ~ Trista Mateer When the......

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... The wedding was completed… in the cabin only Damien, Trista, Deborah and I remained. when we heard the unmistakable sound of a bird crashing into our window pane. We ran out on the deck and w......

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... Before they headed home we took out newlyweds out to dinner and much to our delight… the restaurant where we chose to eat has having a Musical Bingo night. Once we received our bingos sheets an......

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... The wedding ceremony is over… to the world we’ve added a new husband and wife. The cabin has returned to normal and everyone’s gone back to their life. As I sit on the porch in the quiet..watc......

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... I co-officiated a three generation wedding yesterday… My son Bryan co-officiated with me…. and since it was my grandsons wedding… in terms of generations that makes three. The wedding was at ......

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... We drove to Lakeland to have lunch with Damien and Trista (our eldest grandson and his fiancé) we love to see them as often as we can but this lunch was a special one…to discuss their wedding pla......

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...In the middle of Ava’s soccer game…somehow it came to pass that three members of my family were doing cartwheels in the grass. As our family grows and extends…as in and out each other’s lives we ......

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...When our children were growing up… when life was simpler and our routines a little more stable… we met for breakfast, lunch and dinner around our family table. Our table saw our children’s laugh......

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...We were blessed to visit with our grandchildren and had a wonderful Thanksgiving Day We ate, we laughed, we played a game before they went on their way. Two of our grandchildren are at the Uni......

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...Standing still Taking every little pill Falling down, to the ground Not making a sound Shocks of pain blow through my brain The codine yet strains and wanes the pain I open my eyes, to my su......

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