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Letters In A Wall

Posted on September 18, 2019 by alohapromisesforever

Fairy tale endings do exist. You just have to believe in love with all of your heart and soul. Letters In A Wall by Michael Romani In a thread between the past And a whisper of the future Letters in … Continue reading →

Posted in Poetry and Poems | Tagged Beacon, Beauty, Believe, Better, Broken, Crush, Dreams, Eternity, Fairy Tale, Family, Forward, Friend, Future, Happy, Head, Heart, Hips, Home, Kiss, Letters, Light, Lips, Love, Moment, Nurture, Past, Photograph, Poem, Poetry, Possible, Probable, Promise, Read, Right, Rush, Soul, Spoken, Thread, Together, Truth, Whisper | Leave a comment

Spoons Full of Memories

Posted on August 21, 2019 by alohapromisesforever

A good man was laid to rest today, as good a man as men are these days. I offer this attempt of a poem to honor his memory in a final salute of sorts. Master Sargent Charles Oliver Brooks, boss, … Continue reading →

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Downsizing

Posted on August 16, 2019 by alohapromisesforever

I used to know someone who would tell me about tiny houses. So, it was sort of an interesting surprise to see that Netflix has a series that premiered today about these. It’s amazing how much it turns out can … Continue reading →

Posted in Poetry and Poems | Tagged Alone, Ambition, Appeal, Art, Awesome, Baked Motivation, Breathe, Brim, Class Act, Closing Scene, Communication, Complicated, Compromise, Contribution, Credit, Design, Dialed In, Different, Downsize, Dreamer, Embrace, Emotion, Finish, Fit, Flaw, Focus, Give, Gloom, Go Getter, Happiness, Home, Honeymoon, Impact, Inevitable, Listen, Live, Occur, Own, Panic Room, Paring Down, Photograph, Poem, Poetry, Ragged, Replenish, Simple, Solution, Soon, Space, Suitable, Tiny Home, Together, Tough Love | Leave a comment

Happiness Finds Its Ending

Posted on July 16, 2019 by alohapromisesforever

Nothing better than a happy ending, right? Happiness Finds Its Ending by Michael Romani Not even happiness finds its ending Despite the best intentions in friending We look for ways to find our way home Walking our journey not wanting … Continue reading →

Posted in Poetry and Poems | Tagged Brave, Breath, Castle, Company, Decent, Dragon, Dream, Empathy, End, Fairy Tale, Family, Fear, Friend, Happiness, Hide and Seek, Home, Hope, Intention, Journey, Legend, Magic, Photograph, Poem, Poetry, Search, Share, Sympathy, Touch, Vision, Word | Leave a comment

Thought For the Day: Gratitude Unlocks the Fullness of Life

Posted on July 11, 2019 by alohapromisesforever

“Gratitude unlocks the fullness of life. It turns what we have into enough, and more. It turns denial into acceptance, chaos to order, confusion to clarity. It can turn a meal into a feast, a house into a home, a … Continue reading →

Posted in Thought For the Day | Tagged Acceptance, Chaos, Clarity, Confusion, Denial, Enough, Feast, Friend, Fullness, Gratitude, Home, House, Life, Meal, Melody Beattie, Order, Stranger, Thought For the Day, Unlock | Leave a comment

Thought For the Day: In Being Generous To Others With Our Home, Food and Time, We Are Enriched

Posted on July 6, 2019 by alohapromisesforever

“When we are generous in welcoming people and sharing something with them-some food, a place in our homes, our time-not only do we no longer remain poor: we are enriched.” – Pope Francis

Posted in Thought For the Day | Tagged Enrich, Food, Generous, Home, People, Pope Francis, Share, Thought For the Day, Time, Welcome | Leave a comment

Gasping At the Glimpses

Posted on June 28, 2019 by alohapromisesforever

Do you ever take a moment to realize how much we simply take for granted? All the miracles that make up every day life? Gasping At the Glimpses by Michael Romani Life, so wonderfully unlikely Each moment, such a sight … Continue reading →

Posted in Poetry and Poems | Tagged Appreciate, Blue, Capsule, Connection, Earth, Embrace, Eternity, Gasp, Glimpse, Granted, Gravity, Home, Infinity, Life, Light, Miracles, Moment, Photograph, Poem, Poetry, Soul, Stories, Sunrise, Tears, Terra Firma, Window, Wonder | Leave a comment

Thoughts On Arlington (Memorial Day 2019)

Posted on May 27, 2019 by alohapromisesforever

America has never been so seemingly divided since our Civil War. Thoughts On Arlington by Michael Romani With so many jokes out to rewrite history It really isn’t much of a mystery That our nation barely stands divided With too … Continue reading →

Posted in Poetry and Poems | Tagged 1865, All, America, Appomattox, Arliington, Blood, Brother, Cemetery, Civil War, Divided, Eternal Flame, Fall, First Principles, Freedom, George Washington, God's Creation, Greatness, Heroes, Home, Honor, Lesson Learned, Memorial Day 2019, Nation, No Greater Love, Photograph, Poem, Poetry, Revisionist History, Rite, Robert E Lee, Sister, Slaughter, Thought, Undivided, War, We The People, Wound | Leave a comment

A Gurnsey Tale

Posted on May 17, 2019 by alohapromisesforever

Watched a movie that I think is bound to become a classic of our times. It was about a complicated and absolutely thought provoking movie that dealt with things as uncomplicated as love and war and what happens when the … Continue reading →

Posted in Poetry and Poems | Tagged Above, Absurd, Balloon, Book, Ceiling, Feeling, Flower, Forsake, Frame, Glass, Gurnsey, Heart, Home, Humor, Kensington Garden, Love, Move, Photograph, Piety, Pity, Poem, Poetry, Question, Read, Shakespeare, Society, Soul, Start, Taking, View, War | Leave a comment

Thought For the Day: If You Would Promote World Peace, Start At Home Loving Your Family

Posted on May 11, 2019 by alohapromisesforever

“What can you do to promote world peace? Go home and love your family.” – Mother Teresa I had the pleasure of spending time today with my two beautiful little girls! I love these little ladies more than the … Continue reading →

Posted in Thought For the Day | Tagged Family, Home, Love, Mother Teresa, Promote, Thought For the Day, World Peace | Leave a comment