On My Refrigerator...

Under the little boy it reads, "Clothes make the man but the HAT makes the cowboy!" The big boy is Dave; we were at a birthday party and there was a poster the children could put their face in and have photos taken. It amused Dave to do the same; now it amuses me. Daily.

"I measure every Grief I meet

With narrow, probing eyes -

I wonder if it weighs like Mine -

Or has an Easier size.

I wonder if they bore it long -

Or did it just begin -

I could not tell the date of mine -

It feels so old a pain -

I wonder if it hurts to live -

And if they have to try -

And whether - could they choose between -

It would not be - to die-

I note that some - gone patient long -

At length, renew their smile -

An imitation of a light

That has so little oil -

~ Emily Dickinson ~

I can't really say it gets easier but I can say it isn't as painful as it was four years ago today. The other thing I know for sure is people get tired of listening which is one reason I keep writing.

Blessings ~ Dave ~