Back to work.

I just was called back to work. I write about things that happen when things are down. I have learned from this experience of being laid off. Working with people from the cannery. Witnessing people with less than I in the food bank lines. The decision to eat or pay bills. If you have never been down, you do not appreciate the up.

Our children understand blessings, and they know what is not necessary in life. I spent five months with My wife and children, what a blessing. The curse of the Time clock, office can soil your perspective of your family responsibilities. I did not write this blog for pittance, or attention, I write for those who can't. I put this blog on Face book, I am wondering if it is a Good idea. Writing is good for the mind, and relieves stress, maybe those who read can do this too.

Julie my sister gave me a book called "Letters to a young poet" and my favorite quote is "No one can advise or help you-no one. There is only one thing you should do. Go into yourself. Find out the reasons that commands you to write, see whether it has spread its roots into the very depths of your heart; confess to yourself whether you would have to die if forbidden to write. This most of all: ask yourself in the most silent hour of your night:Must I write?" "Letters to a Young Poet" page 6 Rainer Maria Rilke.

I must write, if I am lucky people will enjoy it, but words last longer than your warm breaths on this earth. I am blessed to have the words and stories of Deceased sister Julie. Someday my children will understand their father's sense of direction, his troubles and bits of happiness.