Watching the water fall from the sky
Tears fall so freely I wonder why.
Why is it so hard to do
That which needs to be done.
I look in the mirror
I do not recognize what I see.
The dark circles and stringy hair
Cannot be that which is me.
The stress of life has overwhelmed
The joy has all but [...]

I remember when my first son was born it was an exciting and fearful time. Exciting just because it was our first child and fearful because of the challenge ahead in bringing him up the right way. We were both fairly young people in our twenties and both of us from fairly large families.
Yes expectations [...]