Diamonds in the Rough

she met my baby
before taking her last breath
her diamonds shine on
my mother saved them
for her April-birthstone girl
twenty years past pic

Small Hopes

senior pics are up
announcements are in the mail
let’s hope for the best

Morning, Noon, and Night in Prescott

javelina hike 
to a cactus-filled Thumb Butte
to start the morning
a Whiskey Row lunch
Watson Lake under blue skies
for the afternoon
my daughter’s new friends 
soon to be her new roommates:
a perfect evening

Bucket List Day

Monument Valley:
the perfect sunrise rest stop
to light our faces
snow at Grand Canyon:
surprise bucket list side trip
to catch her snowfall
all three together:
it feels like a bucket list
to let them g(r)o(w)

Coronadas

a new Corona 
three years after quarantine
back to wilderness
girls’ trip for spring break 
to collect our Subaru
and meet our sister
miracle arches 
connect the past and future
with hope for this life

Hold Up the Sky

your bucket list waits
for a ‘delicate’ sunset,
a breathtaking arch
your children await
at the top of a boulder
with the perfect view
a lifetime awaits
at the end of vacation
yet memories last

More-ab

Snowset

searching for sunsets
in the midst of March madness
snow madness, that is

Shoot Photos

All Grown Up