Thank you for the Sacrifice and for Paying the price.

We give thanks and we pay tribute to the men and women who died while serving our country and keeping us safe.  You sacrificed and died to secure a better future for us and for those to come.   We honor that sacrifice and we celebrate your life.  It is our prayer that one day, we will realize there is no need to war and fight one another because we are all one on the tapestry of life.   

One Heart, One Mind

When I think of the years

The unnecessary tears

The agony, the shame

The anger and the pain

That comes from being hurt again and again,

I wonder if we will ever live together peacefully.

Must we always war needlessly?

It doesn’t matter who we are or where we are from

Life is the same for everyone.

If we open our hearts we will find,

We have one spirit, one heart, and one mind.

When time is no more,

Our differences won’t matter anymore.

Regardless of what language we speak,

There is a commonality in what we seek.

No matter where we live our goals and our aims

Are the same

Everybody cries

When someone they love dies.

There is no difference in our tears

We share the same fears

We have different faces and different names,

But inside we are the same.

It’s time we realize

We have common ties.

When we get down to the heart of the matter,

That’s all that matters.

Not the color of our skin,

Not where we have been,

Whether we are a King or a Queen

Or where we live in the world.

One day, we must leave this world.

If we continue to hate,

This will be our shared fate,

Wars on every hand

And the deterioration of man.

We brag about how far we have come,

But if we never learn to live as one,

Our accomplishments will be as dung

They will have no significance for anyone.

We must live as a people, undefined by station or place

Inseparable by color or race.

We can’t rewrite history

But we can change what is to be

When we  realize that we are not just kindred spirits,

But a perfect fit

On the tapestry of mankind.

With one heart and one mind,

Peace will finally be ours to find.

Copyright 2010, Matters of the Heart

Patricia Newman-Harris

I dedicate this song as a Memorial on this Memorial Day

To Graduates...Congratulations for a Job Well Done

Whether you are graduating from Middle School to High School or from High School to College,
You deserve a special commendation for sticking to your goal to complete the mission.  It is not easy to stay focused with so many distractions.  With the added stress of school shootings and bullying in the schools, it can become a challenge, but you did it.


Children of Tomorrow, 4

Children of tomorrow,

Where are you headed what do you see?

What will your future be?

For every problem,

There is an answer.

Keep searching.

You will find the answers.

The hatred in the universe can be reversed.

By design,

This is your time

Through disappointments, set-backs.

Persecution and fear,

You can persevere.

You are on the right track.

Don’t turn back

Keep lifting your voice

It’s time for new choices

You are on the path to a better day

My daughters and sons,

There is a new day forming on the horizon

Let this be the one.

It doesn’t matter if you are as dark as the darkest night

You can be white as the whitest white,

Together, you can make things right.

The world hears your cries.

They can see the determination in your eyes.

It may take many tries,

But keep pressing towards the prize.

Children of tomorrow,

Where are you headed what do you see?

What will your future be?

There is a new day on the horizon.

Morning is sure to come.

Let this be the one.

Let this be the one.

If you are to save your daughters and your sons,

Let this be the one

No more wishing and hoping

That a day of change will come.

Let this be the one

If we want to save our daughters and sons.

Let this be the one.

Children of tomorrow where are you heading?

What do you see?

You have dreams to pursue

How will you make them come true?

The future is in your hands

You alone will seal tomorrow’s plans

The world sees you as a generation lost,but

There is more to you than the world can see

You can live victoriously.

If you don’t know which way to go,

Know,

For every problem, there is an answer. 

Keep searching and you will find the answer.

The hatred in this universe can be reversed

By design,

This is your time.

You have the gift of an open mind.

Through disappointments, set

Backs and persecution,

Keep searching for a solution.

You are on the right track.

Don't turn back.

Keep lifting your voice

The world will hear

what you have to say.

It's time for new choices.

You are blazing the path to a better way.

My daughters and sons,

There is a new day dawning

I can finally see the sun

There is hope on the horizon.

I hear your cries

I see the determination in your eyes.

No matter how many tries it takes,

Keep your eyes lifted to the skies

Keep pressing towards the prize.

Some say you are a generation lost

But that doesn’t have to be.

Children of tomorrow

Where are you headed?

What do you see?

This is a combination of two poems.

Believe in you and you will make it through.

Copyright Patricia-Newman-Harris

Honoring My Mother and all Mother's..Happy Mother's Day

Having Lost my Mother in 2012, I wrote this poem.  Since then, it has brought comfort to many friends who have also lost their Mother.  To the younger generation, I'd like to say.   You may not agree with everything your Mother has to say, but at least consider her words.  You can always believe that she has your best interest at heart.  Friends may leave you, but your Mother will always be there, through all your mistakes and every heartache she will be there.  

Thank you to my Mother for always being there and to all the women who were an inspiration in my lifetime.

A Mother's Love Never Dies
copyright Patricia Newman-Harris

A mother’s love never dies.

From the moment she lays eyes on you,

Her love is faithful and true.

There is nothing you can do

To make her stop loving you.

Through the ups and downs

She’s always around

Encouraging and uplifting.

That is her special gift.

Her love is without condition.

She is always willing to hear your petitions.

She loves without fear or restraint.

Her love never falters or faints.

She knows her advice you may not heed,

Nevertheless, she plants her seed;

Tirelessly, pouring her wisdom

into the family until she creates

the perfect tapestry

For generations to come.

Through time and space,

Her love can never be erased.

Her love will go on and on

Long after she is gone

Long after her last goodbyes,

Long after your last cries

Because a mother’s love never dies.