For the most part, we create organizations for what we think are positive reasons. Then we give them
I wrote this poem several years ago after listening to a powerful presentation at a health fair in a
As happens to me sometimes, I woke up the other night and couldn’t fall asleep. I remembered years
It is an astonishing understatement to say that dealing with cancer is difficult. Difficult to descr
I didn’t understand bullying when I was a boy and I do not understand it today. Why do we bully? I
Over the last year or so, I have been deeply concerned about the anger and hatred and fear and cruel
It is a difficult time, in western society, for boys to grow into men. Until the industrial revoluti
My brother spoke to me of his grief on the loss of his wife and asked if I could use his words to wr
In this poem I tackle one of the words about cancer I really do not like. Doing so has given me so
When my friend started giving me books about Buddhism, I became irritated. Building on past experien
When we are facing the possibility of our death or the loss of someone we love, what can we do? Fear
I am grateful
Several years ago, when I was forced to retire, a friend reached out to me with this poem. I sort of
I just finished today a wonderful book by authors Jim Horton and Don Bowak called Marking Life Stage
I remember thinking my Dad was being uncharacteristically dramatic when, after buying a new Ford Cro
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