I am the Light I am the Light blazing down on the desert sand glowing florescent at the bottom of the ocean filling the night sky as a canopy of little diamonds I am as tiny as a firefly and as powerful as a laser beam I flood the stage with colour and gently peek through …
I am the Earth I am the Earth I am the desert oasis the rainforest jungle and the snow-capped mountains I am the sand from which sandcastles are made I am the stones over which the babbling brooks run I am the prairie field out of which the thanksgiving is harvested my branches cradle the tree fort …
I am the Waves I am the waves sweeping gracefully across the pond tossing the storm swept seas rolling over the vast ocean constant like the rising and setting of the sun pushing with the pull of the moon I crash upon the rocks during a stormy night or lap against the lakeshore on a gentle day I rise …
I am the Wind I am the wind pushing you along whispering in your ear ever present strong and wild then calm and peaceful I rustle the leaves as you pass I make the wind chimes sing for you to hear I bring coolness and refreshment to you on hot steamy nights I chill you to the bone …
It was 4 o’clock in the afternoon on Thursday, February 24, 2011, my husband, Matt, and I had just picked up our 6-year-old son, Grayson, from school. Climbing back into our car, I scrambled to grab my ringing cell phone. It was Michelle, my children’s stepmother. She hurriedly informed me that Celeste, my 12-year-old daughter, was in the emergency department …
