O My Sweet mother,
How i miss you so much,
Since death so cruelly snatched you away from us
I have missed you so much,

Oh My Sweet mother,
Your lingering smile i miss so much,
Your tender loving touch i ache for each day
I yearn for those words of wisdom you so often gave me

Alas, death, wicked one,
You entered our house in the dark of the day,
And away you went with my sweet mother,
Thou coward, thou wicked...

When Paul didn't offer to buy breakfast this morning i knew something was amiss. Usually at work, we take turn to buy breakfast for the mob. The mob consists of 5 people, three women and two men (Myself and Paul)

Now there's an unwritten roster of who's turn it it to buy breakfast, and it's definitely Paul's turn. Niki bought breakfast yesterday, while i did the honours on Friday.

Anyway, Amanda must have been very hungry this morning 'cos seeing that Paul was not forthcoming...

Time sure flies... it's December! I made some resolutions this year and thank God for His mercies, I've accomplished them. I shall soon begin my end of the year "audit" and I have a little "shock" feel. It's December. 2008 shall soon be history and 2009... a really special year for me, shall be here!

Baruch atta Adonai Eloheinu - blessed are You o Lord our God!

Act 1

Characters
Moderator: 55yr old female psychologist (PHD), clean 23yrs
Jamie: 23yr old female, middle school dropout, outpatient
Alan: 28yr old male, current heroin addict, inpatient
Harry: 45yr old male, Medical Doctor, outpatient
Toby: 35 yr old female, 5th grade English teacher, 6weeks in the program , outpatient

Scene I
Setting
Conference room on the third floor of a resident treatment program building, fifteen...

Shells and mortars are falling
The scream of pain and anguish
Of the dead and dieing render the air
Dark plumes of smoke swirl all around me

I look back and remember
That beautiful night you were conceived.
I will not be there when you arrive
I will never hold you in my arms
I will miss your first smile, your first words,
Your first faltering steps as you totter this way And that.

I think of you as you lie cocooned
...