There In The Sunshine

Far away there in the sunshine are my highest aspirations.  I may not reach them, but I can look up and see their beauty, believe in them, and try to follow where they lead.
—  Louisa May Alcott
[This was partially the inspiration for one of my own poems: “Julie’s Poem“.  Small world that it is, I bumped into Julie several years ago when I went to the local emergency room about my heart.  She was the triage nurse on duty.  I like to think she had some small part in getting me treated quickly and helped to save my life.
(Way back in the ’70’s,) Julie had heard I wrote poems and didn’t believe it so she asked (challenged) me to write one.  I sat down and wrote the poem “for” her (not inspired by her) – hence the title.   —  KMAB]
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