How Do I Love Thee? Let me count the ways. I love thee to the depth and breadth and height My soul can reach, when feeling out of sight For the ends of being an ideal grace. I love thee to the level of every day’s Most quiet need, by sun and candlelight. I love […]

The world may change from year to year; And friends from day to day; But never will the one I loved; From memory pass away. Melanie Hack Author of Who Killed My Sister, My friend Read an excerpt now TV Shows and Clips about the Death of Cindy James

His weary hours and days of pain; His troubled nights are past; And in our aching hearts we know; He’s found sweet peace at last. Melanie Hack Author of Who Killed My Sister, My friend Read an excerpt now TV Shows and Clips about the Death of Cindy James

If I should die and leave you here a while, Be not like others, sore undone, who keep Long vigils by the silent dust, and weep. For my sake – turn again to life and smile, Nerving thy heart and trembling hand to do Something to comfort other hearts than thine. Complete those unfinished tasks […]

The miser thinks he’s living when he’s hoarding up his gold; The soldier calls it living when he’s doing something bold; The sailor thinks it living to be tossed upon the sea, And upon this vital subject no two of us agree. But I hold to the opinion, as I walk my way along, That […]

Death is not too high a price to pay for having lived. Mountains never die, nor do the seas or rocks or endless sky. Through countless centuries of time, they stay eternal, deathless. Yet they never lived! If choice there were, I would not hesitate to choose mortality. Whatever Fate demanded in return for life […]

Each of us has a hidden place Somewhere deep within ourselves; A place where we go to get away, To think things through, To be alone, to be ourselves. This unique place, where we confront our deepest feelings, Becomes a storehouse of all our hopes, All our needs, all our dreams, And even our unspoken […]

‘Twas the night before Christmas and out on the ranch The pond was froze over and so was the branch. The snow was piled up belly-deep to a mule. The kids were all home on vacation from school, And happier young folks you never did see- Just all sprawled around a-watchin’ TV. Then suddenly, some […]

See the pretty snowflakes Falling from the sky; On the wall and housetops Soft and thick they lie. On the window ledges, On the branches bare; Now how fast they gather, Filling all the air. Look into the garden, Where the grass was green; Covered by the snowflakes, Not a blade is seen. Now the […]

Let there be peace on earth, and let it begin with me. Let there be peace on earth, the peace that was meant to be. With God, our creator, children all are we. Let us walk with each other in perfect harmony. Let peace begin with me, let this be the moment now. With every […]