A BREATHE OF SPRING

Step outside.

Take a deep breath.

A week ago there was no sign of spring.

Today I see nothing but leaves filling my view.

Looking out my office window lush

green leaves fill view.

Author's comment: What comes next

is the sunny warmth of summer.

And not too soon.

What surprised me was one morning

you wake up.

There is barely a leaf to be seen at the beginning

of the week.

It's the weekend and the leaves have

sprung all over again.

MOTHERS DAY

I remember my mom's attitude toward Mother's Day when I was a kid.

It was nothing more than a shrug. A sigh.

From her.

I can't recall buying her a special card.

Maybe there were none in those days.

Take for example our son, Nathaniel.

He's picking his mother up in Woodbridge and taking her out to lunch.

Writer's comment: Knowing him it will be somewhere special.

For that he deserves a pat on the back.