Let me tell you something, this is not an easy job. I get a call on the radio, dispatch, it's bad news. And it stinks. But this is my job and I love it. Because I want to do well - in this life and in this world, I want to do well. And I want to help people. And I might get twenty bad calls a day. But one time I can help someone and make a save - ( Read more... )

This is the first day of my life ( Read more... )

And now I see with eye serene
The very pulse of the machine;
A being breathing thoughtful breath,
A traveller between life and death:
The reason firm, the temperate will,
Endurance, foresight, strength, and skill;
A perfect woman, nobly plann'd
To warn, to comfort, and command;
And yet a Spirit still, and bright
With something of an angel-light.

Seems only now the world has decided to look ( Read more... )

Driving slowly, watching the headlights in the rain ( Read more... )

time it was and what a time it was it was
a time of innocence, a time of confidences
long ago it must be, i have a photograph
preserve your memories, they're all that's left you

i know that it is freezing but i think we have to walk ( Read more... )

I know somebody and they cry for you ( Read more... )

A few years ago my grandmother died. I remember watching her on the hospital bed, her face all contorted. I was hoping she was dreaming beyond some sort of unimaginable pain. I watched as my parents and aunt and uncle sat around her bed and carressed her hand. She was dying and everyone was losing someone they loved. All I could think about ( Read more... )

"All life is a progression towards and a regression from one phrase,"I love you.""
-- F. Scott Fitzgerald

Never looking back, always looking forward.

What's past is behind you, what's future is still before you. Untouched.