Flowers

Welcome to my pages of new life!

I have created these pages in memory of our father
who died at the age of 53 in 1964. I hope and pray that
those of you who have shared the sorrow of losing a loved one
may find in this poetry a source of comfort and healing.


Waves of Life

If we did not hope
where would we be
lost
in a deep
tumbling sea.

Hope lets us
ride
the waves of life
rising daily
to accept
new life.
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(c) Viola Doncaster, Sept. 18, 1998.


Papa's Gone Home

Victory Is Yours

Our Father's Field of Dreams

The Barn

At The Shepherd's Feet

Please Calm the Waves

Dear Friend

Forgiven

The Echo of Your Words

Riding On

My Heart Finds Contentment

An Inspiration

The Mystery - In JJ's Memory

This Moment

Open Doors

Life Continues On

Whatever The Challenges

Six White Horses

Friends Around The World

Angels Watching Over You

I'll Always Be Your Mother

No Life Is Left Untouched

Someone Cares

The Great Current

No Cost

A Portion of Myself

Journey of Hearts


Facing Another Challenge

Facing another challenge...
believing there is
another lesson
to learn,
perhaps an opportunity
to let Love remove
all traces of fear...
to trust the unseen again.
What has sustained me
through challenges
of the past
if not Love,
teaching me
that life is a gift
to appreciate
and nurture.
So I seek wholeness...
a Spirit
unfettered
by pain,
a Spirit
that helps me
journey beyond
the pain,
to growth
to understanding
to peace
within.

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(c) Viola Doncaster
Oct 21, 1998.


A Worthy Dream

Half of the moon
is shut out from my view,
hidden, obscure, unseen...
It reminds me of life
when trials creep in
to seemingly cloud my dreams.
The moon is still there,
quite whole...I know,
since its form is sketched on my brain,
so like the dream
of wholeness for me,
I've a vision that's really quite plain.
The form you see
when you now look at me
may obscure what I might be,
but I've come to know
when I spend time alone
there's new life my God sees in me.
So take off the blinders
roll up the screens,
let the new moon rise up high
seek a clear vision
of who you are
and you'll find new reasons why,
you need time to make choices
to continually grow
to be the best you can be
and in the process
you will truly find
you've accomplished a worthy dream.

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(c) Viola Doncaster, Oct. 28, 1998.

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