Wade’s Fiftieth Birthday Poem

Where are you Wade,Now when you should be here,making old people jokes at your own expensebefore we can make them for you.You should be here,unwrapping presentslike it was your Happy Fifthinstead of your fiftieth,making everybody laugh.You should be herecharming childrenwho will never forget you,the biggest one of themthey ever saw,proving growing up is optional.You shouldContinue reading “Wade’s Fiftieth Birthday Poem”

The Good Witch of the North (Tara’s Fifty-second)

THE GOOD WITCH OF THE NORTH (TARA’S FIFTY-SECOND) Long before you inherited the ruby slippers, and the wand that shoots love like a sparkler; long before the tiara of goodness became yours, like her beauty queen’s crown before it, or the gown made of gossamer and silk, shiny and strong as you have grown toContinue reading “The Good Witch of the North (Tara’s Fifty-second)”