Oh, Emily, what a beautiful piece! It's almost as though the 2 pieces belong together, and with your permission, I'll add the poetry to my collection. Here we have 2 genres, prose and poetry, where each unknowingly relates and parallels the other! I wonder what Irwin's trauma was at the time she wrote, "My Hill to Climb". I tried to locate her bio with no luck. Things like this pique my curiosity! Thank you for making my day! E of the headdress ---------------------------------------------------------------------- To sign-off Parkinsn send a message to: mailto:[log in to unmask] In the body of the message put: signoff parkinsn