Put down in a special place I never
knew before A quiet, elegant place,
the portal is my door.

A new life here awaited me, one I
couldn't have known before. The rooms are
flooded with the morning sun, and light
lifts my spirits hign. Tall windows point
upward toward the sky.

Order, truth, encouragement, and peace
dwell here, bouyed by hopes and dreams
among these spacious rooms unfurled, yet
I am reminded my home is only one room
in the house that is the world.

Verna Puntigan
Spartinburg, SC