My senior year in high school, we had a guest lecturer from the local community college, a poet who challenged us to write a poem about a journey we take every day. The idea was to find beauty in something that we take for granted, to notice things we hardly notice.

Well, lately, I’ve been driving to downtown Dallas almost every day, back and forth to Baylor Medical Center. It’s an emotional drive, putting on big smiles and Santa hats, bringing food and song and sunshine, then driving home tired and pensive.

If I were to write poetry about this repeated journey, I might write about:

1. The glowing ball of light that is Reunion Tower.

2. The Pilgrim Rest Baptist Church on Washington Street.

3. The look on my mother-in-law’s face when she welcomes us back again.

4. Football games and sports radio.

5. Hugs and back rubs.

6. That furry little snaggle-tooth dog that’s always so happy we made it home.

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