I think of the river. Each day on my way to and from work, I drive by the river. My day, like the river, will have moments
flowing through. On my way home it looks the same, but I realize, although what
surrounds it might be constant, each moment, like the moving water, has passed
on. My only hope is that, like the
river's gentle influence on its surroundings, I have made the same gentle impact
in my moments passing through.

Bonnie Piper
June 7, 2006