A father tracks his son across three state lines and two time zones to make sure he has done his homework.
A husband follows his wife across two continents, two degrees, and three foreign languages to bring them both back home to their family.
A son sings to his mother when she is gripped in a migraine and fear of loss.
A brother-in-law fixes roofs, windows, anything and introduces the mountains to a niece.
A minister relinquishes his daughter to her dreams and writes her letters before dawn.
A professor brings dessert to his students working through the night on their master's project.
2 brothers fly families across a continent to comfort a sister.
An uncle holds his niece's hand in surgery.
A grandfather becomes Santa for the needy.
A friend writes a song, records a movie, sends a letter of support, gets up in the middle of the night, cooks dinner during exam time, brings tea and a hug.
a brother a friend a lover a man a boy a father a son a cousin an uncle a grandfather a godfather
an anchor
a stability
A shoot pushes up out of the earth
and opens its face to the sun.
It blooms without sorrow
for the frozen roots are now done.
A tree buds its leaves and reaches
towards runners
who scoot past birds
not hearing their songs.
Those papers
that state a birth, a marriage
a divorce, a diagnosis,
a business, a degree,
a bank balance, a contract
do not matter
in the face of this love
*ever grateful*
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