"My great-aunt Alice, Miss Rumphius, is very old now. Her hair is very white. Every year there are more and more lupines. Now they call her the Lupine Lady. Sometimes my friends stand with me outside her gate, curious to see the old, old lady who planted the fields of lupines. When she invites us in, they come slowly. They think she is the oldest woman in the world. Often she tells us stories of faraway places.
"When I grow up," I tell her, "I too will go to faraway places and come home to live by the sea."
"That is all very well, little Alice," says my aunt, "but there is a third thing you must do."
"What is that?" I ask.
"You must do something to make the world more beautiful."
"All right," I say.
But I do no know yet what that will be.

Monday, December 16, 2013

Sometimes



Sometimes in hard times I need a smile
Sometimes in hard times I want you
Sometimes in hard times I want more
Sometimes in hard times I don’t see truth
Sometimes in hard times I don’t need anyone
Sometimes in hard times I see glory
Sometimes in hard times I see pain
Sometimes in hard times I seek honor
Sometimes in hard times I hide
Sometimes in hard times I need truth
Sometimes in hard times I come away changed
Sometimes in hard times I want something better
Sometimes in hard times the grass is greener far away
Sometimes in hard times it seems that is all life is…
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