The budding maiden becomes a loving wife, Just like the buds burst into fragrant flowers, Minutes change into memorable hours, Hours become splendid days and slowly Days will soon morph into productive years. The once vibrant color of your bountiful hair  Will slowly turn most of what’s left,…

On every day At every moment It's the anniversary Of an awful event. But celebrate instead The wonderful events That happen as well At every moment On every day.  

Forty-three years ago, a shy, unassuming young man, barely 17, crossed the Hungarian border and entered Austria with no suitcases, no relatives, no money, no friends, no fanfare. It was mid-November,  near the bridge at Andau (the Bridge at Andau, James Michener). Little did he know, that it would…

May God's blessings to you Be as abundant as the salt in the sea, And in the magnificent waters Of the worlds mighty oceans Beyond which ones eyes can't see The horizon at the edge Where the waters seem to end Are only the first step Toward God's ultimate reward The heaven, where eternal…

Wouldn't it be nice, if birth, followed by youth, into adulthood Maturity and old age would begin a new youth Rejoice! We have seasons, just like nature We too, have spring, summer, fall and winter as in nature   We have sprouted from not much, just like the spring season We had survived many…

I take it you already know Of tough and bough and cough and dough? Others may stumble, but not you On hiccough, thorough, lough  and through    (lough  pronounced lox) Well done! And now you wish, perhaps To learn of a less familiar traps?   Beware of heard, a dreadful word That looks like…

My father’s legacy   Poor men he was, by fate To work hard, he didn’t hesitate The choices were mine then, And he encouraged me often. Education is the key to success, It’s the amassment of knowledge you possess. Silver and gold I never owned. Cotton, not silk is what I wore. I do pity the…

Do all you can do. Just do, till you can’t do more No more and no less     Your nobility, not others’   The security If built well, it is noble. Your nobility.

Shower a person with praise if warranted It builds not the only friendship, but also characters Criticize the well intentions of others It's like throwing dirt to cover You're not blowing anything but losing ground Most people prefer the ruins of praise Than the saving grace of…

Who am I? Am I at all? Am I now? And that's it? Will I be, When times change? Was I before? And if I were, Who are you? Have we met? Have we loved, One another? I often thought, Am I your sibling? Am I your child? Or, were you mine? Were we just friends? Or God forbid, a foe? How…