Posted by Brad Osborne on February 7, 2022 · 23 Comments
I don’t know how I would have found you,
What planets would have needed to align…
Filed under Poetry · Tagged with chance, destiny, family, fate, fortune, karma, kindred, kismet, love, luck, perfect, poem, Poetry, sister, strict form poetry
Posted by Brad Osborne on January 12, 2022 · 21 Comments
The greatest philosophy,
Is to care for one another,
Possessive by apostrophe,
I, the keeper of my brother…
Filed under Poetry · Tagged with brother, caring, community, giving, humanity, life, Life lessons, love, mankind, poem, Poetry, sister, society, strict form poetry, togetherness
Posted by Brad Osborne on December 12, 2021 · 18 Comments
Plus, it explained why I was so much more attractive than the rest of the family.
Filed under General · Tagged with adoption, aunt, brother, cousin, family, life, Life lessons, neighbor, parents, related, secrets, short story, siblings, sister, stepmother
Posted by Brad Osborne on November 14, 2021 · 29 Comments
When I was fourteen or fifteen, I stole a motorcycle.
Filed under General · Tagged with adventure, brother, crashed, honesty, motorcycles, parents, punishment, short story, sister, stealing, story, survivor, theft, wedding, youth
Posted by Brad Osborne on June 7, 2021 · 12 Comments
Yea, the many hands that held,
The songs, sonnets, and psalms…
Filed under Poetry · Tagged with bound, edition, first, gift, history, illustrated, owenrship, poem, Poetry, priceless, printing, sister, Tennyson, thoughtfulness, treasure
Posted by Brad Osborne on June 2, 2021 · 21 Comments
Distance is only space,
And I am never letting go…
Filed under Poetry · Tagged with blessing, closeness, distance, embrace, family, friends, gift, hug, life, poem, Poetry, sister, steadfast, true, visiting
Posted by Brad Osborne on February 14, 2021 · 22 Comments
I don’t know how I would have found you,
What planets would have needed to align…
Filed under Poetry · Tagged with chance, destiny, family, fate, fortune, karma, kindred, kismet, love, luck, perfect, poem, Poetry, sister, strict form poetry
Posted by Brad Osborne on January 9, 2021 · 15 Comments
The greatest philosophy,
Is to care for one another,
Possessive by apostrophe,
I, the keeper of my brother…
Filed under Poetry · Tagged with brother, caring, community, giving, humanity, life, Life lessons, love, mankind, poem, Poetry, sister, society, strict form poetry, togetherness
Posted by Brad Osborne on September 29, 2019 · 9 Comments
But it did lead to the desire to, at least, post an entry about my bond with my sister. The immediate thought was about how we define family.
Filed under General · Tagged with adopted, blood, bonding, bonds, brother, family, genetics, half-brother, half-sister, labels, Life lessons, relationships, relative, siblings, sister
Posted by Brad Osborne on September 16, 2019 · 12 Comments
Blessed am I this surrogate
For Mother’s missing love
A sister only by some fate
True blessing from above
Filed under Poetry · Tagged with family, giving, love, mother, poem, Poetry, relationships, sister, strict form poetry, surrogate, thankful
commonsensiblyspeaking 