tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16789804.post3274860575811990725..comments2023-10-23T13:38:13.848-06:00Comments on The Scoop on Dan: Preparationdan pattersonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01422820512237999017noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16789804.post-19724506900937250472008-12-10T11:41:00.000-07:002008-12-10T11:41:00.000-07:00Dan-I had heard through the legal grapevine that y...Dan-<BR/>I had heard through the legal grapevine that you were working on beating leukemia. I enjoyed reading your blog to catch up on how you were doing. <BR/><BR/>I leave a poem for you (don't worry not mine) and let you know that you are in my thoughts and prayers.<BR/><BR/>-jennifer rice<BR/><BR/>The Journey<BR/><BR/>One day you finally knew<BR/>what you had to do, and began,<BR/>though the voices around you<BR/>kept shouting<BR/>their bad advice --<BR/>though the whole house<BR/>began to tremble<BR/>and you felt the old tug<BR/>at your ankles.<BR/>"Mend my life!"<BR/>each voice cried.<BR/>But you didn't stop.<BR/>You knew what you had to do,<BR/>though the wind pried<BR/>with its stiff fingers<BR/>at the very foundations,<BR/>though their melancholy<BR/>was terrible.<BR/>It was already late<BR/>enough, and a wild night,<BR/>and the road full of fallen<BR/>branches and stones.<BR/>But little by little,<BR/>as you left their voices behind,<BR/>the stars began to burn<BR/>through the sheets of clouds,<BR/>and there was a new voice<BR/>which you slowly<BR/>recognized as your own,<BR/>that kept you company<BR/>as you strode deeper and deeper<BR/>into the world,<BR/>determined to do<BR/>the only thing you could do --<BR/>determined to save<BR/>the only life you could save.<BR/> <BR/>~ Mary Oliver ~Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com