To all the moms out there I wish you a Happy Mother’s Day. You do a lot for your families, communities and the world. No matter how you became a mother you are important.

It seems the world is on fire. Not only nation vs. nation but person vs. person. So much violence, drama, strife. Some fire bullets and others fire words. Relationships are so fractured that they are beyond repair. So much of what we see and experience has left burn marks and scorched earth. The Internet is also on fire too with public flaming happening all the time.

As a piano man once sang we didn’t start the fire and it still burning. Its so sad that people can’t be who they want because their families would shut them out. Our environment is burning in a sea of plastic. Selfishness among other things is the fuel of this fire. These are fires I don’t care to see.

Is there hope? Can we shower water of cleansing and healing over people and the land we live on. Or is the fire too fierce.

Thinking about my alma mater, Hiwassee College as it holds its last graduation ceremony today. This is me back on May 3, 1992 for my own graduation. A day that I didn’t ever think would happen. Thank you Hiwassee.