This Long Forgotten Quilt

A thought of D.K. Parker

Tonight I lay sleeping under this long forgotten quilt. My dreams are of home, forgotten adventures, and my beloved family. To anyone else this is just another piece of bedding, but to me this quilt is my family and the life I left behind in Alabama. Beneath this old tattered quilt nothing is wrong and I am safe, back home. The weight of the world cannot penetrate it, who knew cotton was more than bullet proof.

This quilt was not store bought, but woven by the hands of my Grandmother from cotton and twine produced in the cotton fields of Alabama. In the corner her name is stitched along with the date she finished it. She never knew how this quilt would protect me long after I had left Alabama.

One day this long forgotten quite will protect my own family and children. Perhaps always reminding them and me where we came from. I will awake in the morning ready to take on the world once again! But for now I will lay and dream of home and the life I left back Alabama

Fathers & Sons

By D.K. Parker

It is an amazing relationship between fathers and sons.
Love and frustration wrapped into a collective of emotions
Both the father and son are right and wrong at the same time

They are best friends and adversaries
Pride and the love for each other combating the innermost being of each man
Love overcomes, although is often overlooked by both

Neither admits nor accepts defeat
Each believing whole heartily that they are right
With age understanding of the others views are more understood

The son learned that his father was right
He realizes that the many lessons taught during his youth are the foundations of his life
His success can be traced to past decisions he has made, not realizing at the time it was his fathers influence

The father learned too that his son was right
Not always inline with his ideas, the son’s decisions have lead to success
The father’s legacy lives on in his son

I Believe In People

I believe in the goodness of people. All people are born wanting to do the right thing, and I trust that people will always default to good rather than evil. There have been times in my life that I have trusted people and they used me and hurt me, but in the end the rewards of trust far out way the pain created by the few who somehow have gone astray.

I believe in the greatness of all people! Every person has a born skill set and other skills are learned and perfected throughout life. At birth we all have to potential to be great, and I have never understood why people sometimes settle for second place when first is just within in reach.

I believe in the love of people. It could be during a Manhattan blackout when millions of people come together to help one another, or two friends exchanging a big bear hug at the end of a camping trip.
Yes! I do believe in people! For the very reason that together we are a collective of unique and amazing individuals with ideological thoughts and beliefs, but the one thing that ties us all together are other people and their differences.