Tag Archives: Daughters

Hiking Indiana State Parks – Central Plain – Mounds State Park

Posted on February 13, 2024 by alohapromisesforever

PLEASE KNOW THERE IS A FORMATTING ERROR THAT PERTAINS TO THE PHOTOS FROM MY CELL CAMERA. I WILL CONTACT THE WP HELP DESK TOMORROW MORNING TO FIND OUT WHAT’S GOING ON. FIVE ATTEMPTED FIXES IS ENOUGH. THANK YOU FOR YOUR … Continue reading →

Posted in Photographs & Memories | Tagged 1819, Adena, Adults, Adventures, Archeological Digs, Awls, Bluff, Boardwalk, Borders, California, Canyons and Ravines, Central Plain, Ceremonial Mounds, Ceremonial Stone Pipe, Church, Civilization, Daughters, Eagle Creek Park, Earth Mother, Earthworks, Ecology, Embrace, Explore, Fall Creek, Farmland, Featureless, Fiddleback, Formalhault, Geology, Great Mound, Hike, hiking, Hills, History, Hoosier, Hopewell, Human Eyes, Human History, Impulse, Indiana, Indiana State Parks, Indianapolis, Indianapolis 500, John Muir, Lake Michigan, Lakes, Learn, Log Tomb, Loop Hike, Michigan River, Midwest and Southern Regions, Misconception, Mounds, Mounds State Park, Natural Treasures, Nature, Nature Preserve, Ohio River, Photographs & Memories, Pine Hills, Pottery Shards, Ramble, Region, Remnant, Rivers, Rolling Plains, Sandstone Despoits, Settler Home, Shades State Park, Steel Mills, Streams, Summer Solstice, Sun God, Sunday, Trails, Travel, Turkey Run State Park, VisitorCenter, Wabash River, White River, Widespread Culture, Woodland | Leave a comment

Sweet Victory

Posted on January 21, 2024 by alohapromisesforever

Sweet Victoryby Michael DoyleNothing can take God’s placeI’ve felt His glory, face-to-faceI am grateful from my heartHe’s been here from the startSaving me from my transgressionsAnd from all this world’s aggressionsIt’s amazing all that He’s doneIn the trinity of Father, … Continue reading →

Posted in Poetry and Poems | Tagged Aggressions, Amaze, Attitude, Badness, Blessed, Blessings, Convinced, Daughters, Deity, Enemies, Eternity, Face to Face, Father, God's Place, Good, Grateful, Grtatitude, Happiness, Heart, His Love, Holy Spirit, Madness, Path, Poetry and Poems, Redemption, Reign, Retoration, Saving Me, Silencing, Son, Start, Sweet Victory, Transgressions, Trinity, Understood, Voice, World | Leave a comment

Searching For Reasons Why

Posted on December 22, 2023 by alohapromisesforever

Searching For Reasons Whyby Michael DoyleSearching for wordsThat just won’t comeHoping for a pocketful of miraclesBut finding noneThis is no way to spendThe moments leading to Christmas DayJust hoping for them to endCause they make no difference anywayTake another sip … Continue reading →

Posted in Poetry and Poems | Tagged Able, Believe, Blues, Cards, Chair, Christmas, Christmas Day, Comfort, Could, Cry, Daughters, David, Die, Difference, Dream, Dreams, Drenched, End, Father, Give, Gone, Good, Half, Happy, Hard, Hearts, Hope, Knocked Back, Lack, Life, Life's Pain, Long, Moments, None, Nudge, Pocketful of Miracles, Poetry and Poems, Pouring Rain, Read, Reasons, Rhyme, Sadness, Seams, Searching, Shoulders, Sip, Snowman, Spend, Stand, Stars, Table, Think, Time, Watch, Why, Without A Reason Why, Words | Leave a comment

Cumberland Falls

Posted on November 8, 2023 by alohapromisesforever

Cumberland Fallsby Michael DoyleInternet sites, articles, and word of mouthHas Cumberland Falls as the Niagara of the SouthAnd though we haven’t made it to see the moonbowWe have been there to see the gentle waters flowThe Cumberland River’s water ripples … Continue reading →

Posted in Poetry and Poems | Tagged Beautiful, Change, Cumberland Falls, Cumberland River, Daniel Boone National Forest, Daughters, Eyes, Father, Flow, Forge, Full Moon, Giant Boulders, Impression, Kept, Light, Majestic, Mark, Moonbow, Niagara of the South, Nights, Path, Pinkies, Poetry and Poems, Polish, Promise, Promises, Record, Ripple, River, Slept, Sunrise, Tall, The Girls and I, Time, Unfold, Water, Word of Mouth | Leave a comment

I’m Not the Kind of Father

Posted on September 23, 2023 by alohapromisesforever

I’m Not the Kind of Fatherby Michael DoyleI’m not the kind of fatherWho can spend a lot of moneyHowever much I love my daughtersMy ex thinks this is funnyShe complains about the money she spendsDespite the child support givenAnd I … Continue reading →

Posted in Poetry and Poems | Tagged Allow, Another, Answer, Best, Best of My Best, Blindness, Books, Brain, Busy, Cherish, Child Support, Cling, Compare, Complain, Could Be, Daughters, Deep, Disease, Doctors, Down Stairs, Doze Off, Dream On, Easy, Eighteen, Every Breath, Ex, Faces, Fall Asleep, Father, Forgiven, Funny, Go On, God, Gone, Grow Up, Hate, Hug, Hurry, I, Insane, Inside Me, Last Night, Lasting Memories, Life Upends, Limits, Listen, Live, Love, Memory Loss, Money, My Miracles, Need, Need to Know, Night, Not Letting Them Know, Other, Payers, Poetry and Poems, Push, Rest, Seems, Seen, Shelf, Spend, Steps, Sweetest Dreams, Taken, Tell, Time, Tolerably, Traces, Unkindness, Wake, Walk, Wearing Me Down, Wish, Wonder | Leave a comment

Love Lives On

Posted on July 11, 2023 by alohapromisesforever

Love Lives Onby Michael DoyleDriving around the middle of the nationTrying to stimulate my daughters’ imaginationsAnd love for seeing the beauty of this nationLike their grandmother would have; if the situationHad somehow allowed this to followIf she had thrived; but … Continue reading →

Posted in Poetry and Poems | Tagged Allow, Anniversary, Artist Eyes, Beauty of this Nation, Blossom, Bolder Dreams, Breath, Compromise, Daughters, Day, Death, Difference, Dreamer, Dreamt, Driving, Excited Eyes, Explore, Falling Tears, Fire, Follow, Food, Garden of Dreams, Grandmother, Happiness, Happy, Her, Home, Imagination, Inside of Me, Journey, Last Breaths, Lists, Lives On, Love, Love Lives On, Meant, Meet, Memories, Met, Middle of the Nation, Miss, More, Movies, Music, My Daughters, My Mom, Open, Pain, Paint, Places, Pleasure, Poetry and Poems, Rains, Regret, Remorse, Retrace the Steps, Reveal, Sad, See, Shadow, Situation, Sleep, Smile, Something More, Soul, Still, Stimulate, Surprise, Tears, Thrive, Tired, Traces, Two Hearts, Want, Watch, West Virginia, Whisper, Wish, World, Years Ago, Young Boy | Leave a comment

Happy Palm Sunday 2023

Posted on April 2, 2023 by alohapromisesforever

As we begin this Holy Week, I am blessed to have the presence of my two daughters that I love more than all the world. God blessed my ex-wife and I with their lives being shared with us and it … Continue reading →

Posted in Thought For the Day | Tagged Beauty, Blessed, Blossom, Compassion, Daughters, Deepest lesson, Different, Earthly Plane, Existence, God, Grace, Happy Palm Sunday 2023, Holy Week, Joy, Love, Moment, Reflect, Reflection, Share, Thought For the Day, Unique Attributes, Young Ladies | Leave a comment

Jurassically Mundane

Posted on April 1, 2023 by alohapromisesforever

Jurassically Mundaneby Michael DoyleFinally caving in I’m watching the showWith my daughters whispering clues to knowIn hushed tones, I try not to be curtAs I insist on giving out my spoiler alertA sense of wonder has left the buildingBut I … Continue reading →

Posted in Poetry and Poems | Tagged Adversary, Beaut, Bust, Clues, Conspiracy, Corporate Greed, Curious, Curt, Cynicism, Daffodils, Daughters, Destination, Dinosaurs, DNA, Dulle, Empty Vessel, Enemy, Fallen Kingdom, Genetic Manipulation, Hunger, Hushed Tones, Ignoble, Jurassic, Locusts, Manipulation, Movie, Mundane, Plot, Poetry and Poems, Real Life, Revealing, Sense of Wonder, Shoulders of Genuis, Show, Smile, Spoiler Alert, Tragedy, Trampled, Under Foot, Understood, Vapid Trust, Veloiraptor, Watch | Leave a comment

A Twist of Darkness

Posted on September 15, 2022 by alohapromisesforever

A Twist of Darknessby Michael DoyleA twist of darkness enters Elven leavesAs evil descends beyond edged beliefsSeeping into the crevices of lifeReceding with peace gradually into strifeIt is that begins the origin of the ringsDeemed upon us as all dreamers … Continue reading →

Posted in Poetry and Poems | Tagged Beliefs, Blood of My Blood, Cervices, Childhood's Dream, Darkness, Daughters, Dreamers, Evil, Hobbits, Mid-Earth, Peace, Rings, Scenes, Scribbled Notes, Story, Strife, Tale, Twist | Leave a comment

Never Give Up

Posted on July 26, 2022 by alohapromisesforever

A poem written dedicated to my daughters in conjunction with the last class in a series on building resilience in life and to encourage them to chase their dreams always! Never Give Upby Michael DoyleLife like a Rembrandt paintingIs meant … Continue reading →

Posted in Poetry and Poems | Tagged Believe, Bold, Chase, Control, Daughters, Dedication, Dim, Doing One's Best, Dreams, Earn, Father, Flair, Forgiven, Grow, Human Being, Inspiration, Know, Learn, Life, Live, Never Give Up, Poetry and Poems, Rembrandt, Resilience, Sacrifice, Soul, Stars, Swim, Unafraid | Leave a comment