My Credo

I believe in the power of the written word and that writing is revelation and no matter how well you think you know a person... a part of them lies hidden or dormant most of the time and is only revealed when pen touches paper and hand reveals the heart. I love discovering hearts!! 

I believe in true love and soul mates and journeys through lifetimes intertwined.  I know I've found mine!

I believe that there's more to us than flesh and bone and that somehow, someway our spirits will go on forever. 

I believe in my five children and their unabashed honesty, their creativity and amazing talents. No matter what I'll ever achieve in life, bringing them into this world is the greatest thing I've ever done. 

And yes, I believe in a loving God who knows my name and will take me home some day.

Life has carved its colors on my soul through sad times and glad times and given me my rainbow to live with... 

So Familiar Now

I lie beside you every night so blessed

that I am not alone here in this bed,

that you and I still have each other.

I've come to know the sounds

of your sleeping body

your soft breathing

the shifting of your legs

beneath the sheets

as you turn again to face me

and touch my skin,

your nightly reassurance that

I'm still here.

We are lovers growing old

so familiar now with every hair

and every look that passes

back and forth throughout the day.

At times we read each other's mind

so clearly that I wonder

if we've melded into one new life form

but no . . . we are really just

so familiar.

Joanne Cucinello