Retirement is a wonderful thing, a window of time to clear out the backlog and start afresh.  A massive amount of effort, and lots of grace brings me to a new kind of now.

I used to think about gratitude and make my list of things I was grateful for, but now I feel my gratitude every day all the time.  I wrote this poem in 1996, five years after Alex died and a year after Walker was born.  It feels all fresh and true today as the grace overflows.

To read the poem, please click on this PDF link:  Cascade of Grace