Reflections

Poems, prayers, and stories the family kept close

DADDY'S EMPTY CHAIR

October 2002

A man's daughter had asked the local minister to come and pray with her father. When the minister arrived, he found the man lying in bed with his head propped up on two pillows. An…

THE CRACKED POT

January 2002

< A water bearer in India had two large pots, each hung on each end of a > >pole which he carried across his neck.One of the pots had a crack in it, > >and while the other pot was …

Don't Quit

Anyonymous · October 2001

by Anyonymous When things go wrong, as they sometimes will, When the road you're tredging seems all uphill, When the funds are low and the debts are high, And you want to smile but…

Faith

Wendy Nichols · October 2001

They say that life is precious, this I know is true Memories are forever, They're all I have of you. A million times I've needed you, a million times I've cried. If love alone coul…

Desiderata

Max Ehrman · September 2001

Go placidly amid the noise and haste and remember what peace there may be in silence. As far as possible without surrender, be on good terms with all persons. Speak your truth quie…

Life

Wendy Nichols · September 2001

You wake me in the morning, with a loving furr filled kiss. And in your eyes I see the love, That no-one could ever miss. As I get myself together, to start another day. You sit an…

Tragedy

Wendy Nichols · September 2001

They go to work 5 days a week, and what do they get? A paycheck to keep. Then one day the building falls down around them. the chaos, the screaming, the rubble, surrounds them. The…