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

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

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

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

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)


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

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

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


