This Father's Day is rather bittersweet for me for missing my father and my son..

My father was the world to me and I thank and honor him everyday of my life. I loved him and respected him. He was a very proud and family oriented man who would do anything in the world for his family and those he loved. I have strived to live up to that image to varying degrees of success with my life. I love you Dad.

Joseph ..I never got to be with you in person but you are in my heart, soul and blood as you are in your mother's. i love you and always will...The thoughts, possibilities and hope that was you lives on in both of us...Your spirit lives on and that comforts us..

I wrote this and have redited it a bit but I thought i would share it..

ciao, jas

To have snuggled close
In restful sleep
To feel your heart
Beside us beat
Beneath our touch
A soft sweet sigh
The love for our baby
That will never die.

I would have given my soul
To have watched you grow
But fate intervened
As you know

But now you are gone..
but still you are here
In our lives always
as we sense you everywhere

This bond we can not sever
The child we had, but never met
But still will have forever

So we give to you
This love we have
Forever in our hearts
As we travel life's path

This was done before but it is very fitting for today as well.  Nat, I love you and i am sorry for your pain and saddness this day.

Jason

A life lost to the stars above
A young soul soars free
Like the early morning dove.
You left her in darkness
As you traveled to the sky
There were many tears and sorrow
Since you left her life.
That happy, joyful child
With a sister to laugh and play
She is quite sad
Since you've gone away
You were but a child
Taken many years to soon
But now you soar with the angels
Near the blessed moon
Your laughter brought happiness
That brightened every day
Even now with you gone
That memory never fades
You are now safe and sound
Away from worldly harm
But even after all these years
She misses your brilliant charm
A sister's bond is great
And reaches through the veil
For you two are connected
That bond will never fail
For through all this pain and sadness
She knows that you are near
A laughter in her memories
Keeps you always near
Knowing you're at peace
Helps ease a family's loss
But the price that was paid
Was too high a cost.

Tara, you will  be forever missed and loved for the lives you have touched

Caduti uno

Sinking in the waters
Is where his heart now dwells
Buried between the teeming depths
Beneath the moonlit swells

Weeping with the willows
Entangled among the reeds
Strangled by the weight of guilt

Is where his heart now bleeds

His faith in self is shattered
His soul is torn apart
Peace will not be found
Even with the stilling of his heart

Redness stains the water
They all come to feed
The demons won the battle
His shattered soul fills their need

So beneath this moonlit curtain
The shrouds of darkness part
As he finally succumbs
With the tearing out of his heart

No peace in death to be found
For this once noble one
Who fell prey to the demons
And hated who he had become

To have snuggled close
In restful sleep
To feel your heart
Beside us beat
Beneath our touch
A soft sweet sigh
The love for our baby
That will never die.

I would have given my soul
To have watched you grow
But fate intervened
As you know

So we give to you
This love we have
Forever in our hearts
As we travel life's path

We miss you dear Joseph..in loving memory always ...Till our pathes cross again.

jason

Inspired by recent events and my feelings for a woman and her children.

Jason

It couldn't be done,
So she was told
But onward she went
A woman so bold
To challenge this world
For she had a dream
To right the wrongs of man
so it would seem
By belief in herself
That her cause was true
To build a better life
For me and you
To make us believe
in ourselves again
That pain and suffering endured
Will at last end
She lived our path
Has felt our pain
But picked up the pieces
And began again
She changed the world
Dreams no more shattered
Our future secure
Thanks to this woman
And what she endured

Everyday is a new beginning, never give up, just believe in yourself because a brighter tomorrow is always on the horizon.