Tag Archives: Daughter

Rumors Had It

Posted on December 23, 2025 by alohapromisesforever

Rumors Had Itby Michael DoyleAfter my day filled with too much birthday celebration,I am looking back with joyous contemplation.Rumors had it that I would die 13 years ago.Here on my 63rd birthday, it only goes to show.That like a rock … Continue reading →

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A Reverence For Hurts Felt

Posted on November 20, 2025 by alohapromisesforever

A Reverence For Hurts Feltby Michael DoyleIt’s never easy on the children. Is it?Perfection is not really a standard. Is it?There is so much to be worked out,Between the fears, the tears, and the doubts.It’s too bad about the power … Continue reading →

Posted in Poetry and Poems | Tagged Appreciation, Children, Daughter, Difference, Done, Doubt, Earnest, Failure, Faith, Family, Father, Fear, Felt, Forgiving, Hurt, Jesus, Life, Lord, Love, Measure, Omission, Perfection, Poetry and Poems, Power of Animosity, Pray, Rage, Reverence, Son, Starndard, Tears, Thanksgiving, Treasure, Understood, Worked Out, Writing, Wrongs | Leave a comment

Whispered Words

Posted on August 7, 2025 by alohapromisesforever

Whispered Wordsby Michael DoyleYour whispered words,I questioned why.When I listened closely,They sounded like goodbye.You hardly had time to live,Let alone time to die.At your graveside,All I could do was wonder why.In my eyes,You had been such a beautiful child.I say … Continue reading →

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Thought For the Day: To A Father Growing Old Nothing Is Dearer Than A Daughter

Posted on June 15, 2025 by alohapromisesforever

“To a father growing old nothing is dearer than a daughter”. – Euripides (I am truly blessed, as I have two daughters – each of them, in their own individual ways, is a completely wonderful person to know. I could … Continue reading →

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Resurrection Day 2025

Posted on April 20, 2025 by alohapromisesforever

Resurrection Day 2025by Michael DoyleMy youngest daughter worries too much about perfectionBut I tell her it’s all about the right directionWe can’t worry about yesterday or tomorrowToday’s our day to walk in God’s grace, not sorrowThe pages read are meant … Continue reading →

Posted in Poetry and Poems | Tagged 2025, Bible, Book of Romans, Christian Constitution, Christianity, Daughter, Error, Faith, God, God's Grace, Heartbreak, Heavenly Mirror, Jesus, Mallet, Mirror, Pages, Perfection, Poetry and Poems, Resurrection Day, Resurrection Sunday, Right Direction, Tomorrow, TSorrow, Vanity, Yeterday | Leave a comment

She Learns To Survive

Posted on February 19, 2025 by alohapromisesforever

She Learns To Surviveby Michael DoyleTo her, I’m her fatherAs I watch my daughterWalking alone in the nightShe’s always been my lightBut it wasn’t always this wayShe’s haunted by the dayThese moments hidden insideBehind her fragile prideHe took her innocenceI’ve … Continue reading →

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Thought For the Day: A Daughter Is the Happy Memories of the Past, the Joyful Moments of the Present, and the Hope and Promise of the Future

Posted on December 23, 2024 by alohapromisesforever

“A daughter is the happy memories of the past, the joyful moments of the present, and the hope and promise of the future.” – Bruce Barton (Imagine the joy in having two daughters with different interests and beautiful hearts.)

Posted in Thought For the Day | Tagged Bruce Barton, Daughter, Future, Hioe, Joyful Moments, Past, Present, Promise, Thought For the Day | Leave a comment

Sea Fire

Posted on February 13, 2024 by alohapromisesforever

Sea Fireby Michael DoyleI brush the strands of your long hairIt is as soft as the finest silkI can feel it as you stand thereAnd we talk about the seas white as milkAs our ship passes through deep blue waterStanding … Continue reading →

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What Used To Be

Posted on September 21, 2023 by alohapromisesforever

What Used To Beby Michael DoyleI remember when I showed my daughterWhat it was that used to once beShared like a loving fatherIn the twenty-second centuryWe dominated with technologyForgetting the natural carrying capacityAnd reframed the world in uglinessTo which her … Continue reading →

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Smells Like Grunge and Alt

Posted on July 31, 2023 by alohapromisesforever

In my continuing compilation of public playlists on Spotify, I am now sharing the first half of a list that is one of the gifts for my oldest daughter’s birthday tomorrow. Like her father before her, she loves to sing … Continue reading →

Posted in Art & Music | Tagged Art & Music, Brithday, Compilation, Daughter, DigitalDreamDoor, Diversity, Genre, Gift, Grunge and Alt, Happy Birthday!, Musical Approaches, Musical Movement, Play Music, Playlist, Primary Examples, Seattle Sound, Sing, Smells Like, Spotify | Leave a comment