Tanya! Freakishly ookishly Awe-some. I didn't include you in my write because you----well simply put, I can't describe you in words. You are like a fine wine or a cooling refreshing lemonade and must be experienced individually.

This is why I started this thread... things like this have a way of bringing us together and making us take a deeper look at ourselves as well as others around us that we care about so much.


Kevin... Just a note to let you know that you were not forgotten in my poem. I think of you often and my brain wanders when I do (that is a good thing) and my heart is full. You have been there for me through many things and I just can't seem to express the way I see you with mere words.

Friend is the truest word I have for you and it just doesn't seem to come close.

We call it our castle, it's more than just a home
dad's watching t.v., and momma's on the phone
come inside and take a closer look and you will see
there is something special about my family

The coffee is always brewing
in the kitchen where we gather
the place where many stories have been told
and filled with sounds of laughter

our living room is cozy
with plenty of seating for us all
my grandfather's coffee table is centered
where monopoly is played on cold days in fall

the walls are lined with portraits from many years ago
its the memories relived, when you walk down this hall
the carpets kinda worn from the pacing back and forth
when our parents were so worried, because we didnt call


back outside..standing on the deck you overlook the garden
not much of anything when its covered by the snow
but just like this family that i so dearly love
with patience, and nourishment, it too shall grow


** not the greatest i know..just not feeling well...

(((Maleah)))

Good to see you back doll!!!!

This is amazing and I'm so glad you decided to write and post!! Your work is always so heart felt and filled with passion that it just feels like a hug!

Thanks again Dolly!!!


Hope you feel better soon!

I am your knight
I guard this keep
Haven't I always my Queen
made our enemies regrett their deeds

To you I stand true
even though we may disagree
but you know you are my angel
for all eternity

Within this castle
We have shared many things
heard the songs of Angels
About our love they sing

Don't fear for your garden
they fight to no avail
because for you my Queen
I will always prevail

By Daniel
09/05/09

Love you Vicki

Sorry it took so long Daniel!!!!! I've been having internet issues and have been working a lot.


Love you too!!!!!


That was a beautiful write btw!

(((Denise)))
I dunno how I missed this when you posted it but it is amazing!!! Sorry it took so long to see it!

Thanks for the challenge - this is about the First Accredited Alternative School in Florida,deep in the woods, who two people started,with thier own children, for kids who couldnt fit in. It was 60 acrs of lush woodland- it was built with our hands.It was our Castle and we were all its young .
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Stonesoup, with your tall pines and pure blue spring fed lake,
we came to you as angry broken clay children,
raging inside, hating everything,cast off from everything we knew-
in our self centered skins.

Your' makers loved us blindly,
showed us our homes and let us spin untill we hit a wall,
then made us face ourselves, our fears unamed, unknown till then.
Your sands were wetted with our many tears.


Stonesoup, with your dark nights and sun that turned us a native brown, you sung us to sleep with your winds and we cannot forget you.
We swam naked in the dusk and laughed with those who became our family. You made us strong and brave, those who let you.

The early morning chores we complained of,
never knowing what a fantasy land we had.
We ran and sweated and played and ate, and learned the secrets of life, others would live lifetimes without.


Stonesoup you were the big multi colored bubble we rode in,
protected and cared for.
You served all well, and we became one under your watch.
We found a place in the heart of your being.

Grown and old now, we come together again, understanding the difference we share is our common bond that stretches tight - across time.
You live in our minds always and you live in us for generations.

We are Stonesoup, we alone know your wooded paths blindfolded.
We are rain, mist sand and love and we cannot forget your secrets .