I truly believe that expression is central to all human existence. We want to express in spoken or written words, be it prose or poetry. Some people are gifted in the art of expression through the abstract. I am not among those fortunate people. I depend on tangible words. My small family keeps me contained so much that sometimes it spills in the way I express. My husband, daughter, and son are the buffers that help me maintain the sanity that is so much required to deal with the insane world.