http://www.amazon.com/Beginnings-Beyond-Carol-Lynn-Pearson/dp/1599558602    The Steward  ~ a poem by Carol Lynn Pearson, from her book, Beginnings and Beyond   Heber looked at his lands  And he was pleased.  He’d be leaving them, tomorrow, and his hands  Hurt with anticipated idleness.  But he knew there was no other way  When a man is seventy-eight and has to make  Two rest stops with a full bucket of milk  Between the barn and the kitchen.  Condominiums-do they have gardens?  He wondered.  His son had arranged the place for them in town  And he was ready. He sat down  On the rock that knew his body  Better than the front room chair.   Could it really be fifty-five years ago  That sitting right there  They had talked?  His father’s voice had never left him:  “Heber, I’m trusting to you  The most precious thing I’ve got.  I worked hard for this land. You know all about  The crickets and the Indians and the drought,  And the buckets of sweat it took  To make what you see ...
Scott Vanatter

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