hospital room
incredible pain
is childbirth worth it

hot summer day
sprinkler
best friends

hot summer day
best friends giggle
through the sprinkler

grass and air
grandma’s butter bowl
firefly captured

blades of grass
in the mason jar—
firefly glows

flying toward a dream
that no one knows
happy

sunny day
playing in the grass
grandma's house

sunny day
cousins in the grass
at grandma's

snow day
snow angels
children everywhere

steamy summer night
in the back of a station wagon
watching “Puff the Magic Dragon”

glorious day
at Sea World
sick brother

candle light flickers
on a cold winter night
deep conversations

sleeping on the floor
summer vacation
hot, cool morning

down the drive
peonies burst into white, red, pink
across the road

mother raccoon takes shelter
in the attic
newborns cry

mother racoon
           in the attic
newborns cry

sunny fall day
field of hay bales
           the perfect nap

sunshine
on a field of hay bales
          the perfect nap

mountains
shading trees all around
spring water

spring water
down the mountain
shade of evergreens

cloudless sky
life jackets, water-skis, sun-block
fill the boat

summer breeze
fresh mowed grass
lemonade and laughter

humid morning
dusty tackle-box
his mind slowly fading

morning fog
he opens his tackle-box
nothing's familiar

everyone rushing about me
the delivery room
a newborn cries

chaos
in the delivery room
a newborn cries