: About Me

I write. My work has been few and far between at times, and I'm just coming off of another sojourn in the wilderness. Forgive me. I promise to post only the most interesting hubs. I'm also in virgin territory for me here, having a hub and all. So you'll have to forgive me that too.

I'm married with two kids, a boy and a girl, 6 and 4. I recently served as an alternate delegate at the Democratic convention in Austin for the Obama campaign. I had to change my registration and everything.

I live in San Antonio and I'm kinda new to this online writing deal. I hope I'm doing all the right things. I'm still confused on linking pages together sometimes, though.

My passion is ...

reading and writing

I know too much about ...

styling sentences

My parents always told me ...

money doesn't grow on trees

My childhood ambition ...

to be a minister or priest

My favorite memory ...

growing up in Maryland

Why I write ...

to answer the question of 'Why I'm Here'

What I am reading/watching/listening to ...

Ragtime

My first job ...

busboy

My best moment ...

day my daughter was born

My inspiration ...

the absolute truth

Creative Writing > Poetry Poetry: Grief

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It seems just like yesterday we were talking miles apart. You were in what became your deathbed. It's only two weeks since you've passed, and I can't get over that it was months since I called you last. I will always live with that regret Shame that a life so long should live with something so awful to forget You got the pictures of the grandkids I sent You got to lay them at your bedside before you went Daddy, the grief I felt when you passed overpowered me so As the tears I wept bitterly for days tossed me to and fro But your legacy lives on in the song you wrote As in the two youngsters...

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