We'll be OK, won't we?

The one thing that matters
more to me than anything else
in the world... is you and me.
You are my world.
You're the one who gets all
my love and my wishes and my prayers.
But somehow... despite all my
best intentions,
I never feel quite safe enough
or sure enough
to rest assured that I'll always be
able to make you happy.
I need to know.
I need you more than my words can say.
I need to always feel
the warm peaceful feeling
that I get when you hold me.
I need to experience the beauty
of our love that I gently receive
when we caress.
I need for us to remember
all the love that has been given
and all the love that will unfold
each day, between the wonder of you
and the warmth of me.
And sometimes,
I just need to know
that we'll be OK... won't we?

-Jamie Delere

A story for my boys

                                         The Pineapple King

When I lived in Hawaii, I lived in a housing area located in a small place that was surrounded by pineapple fields. I heard from the locals that if you were caught stealing a pineapple, you would be fined $500 with possible jail time. Well really late one night I decided to go out and try and find one to bring back for everyone. I went deep into the fields, so I would be able to get a good pineapple and carry it back. Well, much to my dismay, I went a little too deep into the field, and as I was searching for a pineapple, a group of small human like creatures, only they had these odd-shaped crowns that looked like the top of a pineapple, and they were holding spears aimed at me. Of course I didn't try to fight them, because there were too many of them for me to fight off, so I went in the direction they directed me to go. We walked for a long while, and I noticed they were taking me to this small enclosed area, that had lightning bugs for lamps, and tiki torches that weren't lit.

As I looked around this small area, it appeared to be a hall of some sort, tho quite small, which fit well for these smaller beings. As we walked thru this area, I viewed a small stout creature sitting on what looked like a throne, and he did not look entirely pleased with my being there. He motioned for me to come to him, and sit in the chair next to him. I approached him, sat down, and looked at him waiting for his decision.

We sat there waiting for a few minutes, and he began by asking me why I was taking one of the pineapples from the field. I looked him straight in the eye, and told him that I wanted to take one back to my son in Ohio, because he had heard so much about pineapples, and I wanted to give him a true Hawaiian pineapple.

He was so touched by the reason for my taking the pineapple, that his heart melted, and we sat there and talked thru the night about his little country, and my boys. We discussed what he felt the pineapples were in his country, and what my boys meant to me.

As we began to hear birds chirping and the sky getting lighter each minute, he tells me he has to have his men take me back to my home, for if I stayed, I would not be able to get back to my boys, and he knew they would miss their father, and I would miss them. We gave each other a hug, and he had his men walk me back to the edge of the field close to my home, and I quietly went inside and laid down to sleep.

Stories for my boys 1

I created stories for my oldest son, that I have continued for my youngest son, and This will be the first story I had created for my sons. These were bed-time stories when told, but when asked, I would repeat them to the best of my abilities.

My Visit with the Aliens

 One night, as I was laying in bed reading a book, a strange light appeared, flashing in the side window of my bedroom. It was a soothing pulsating very light bluish colored light, and I set my book to the side so I could get up to check it out. As I get to the window to look outside, I get zapped, I blink, and the next thing I know I am not in my bedroom anymore!

As I stand there in a large room, with odd lights showing all over, some flashing some not, I walk towards the one that is in the shape of a door. As I walk across this large room, my shoes make this odd noise from the flooring. As I approach the doorway, I see that there is a special pad on the wall. Being curious, I place my hand upon the plate, and the doorway actually opens up, and allows me thru! I peek thru the doorway, not seeing anything any more different than what has already happened, and start walking. As I walk along this corridor, I see some very odd-shaped beings, that only glance and smile at me. One little (I'll call him fellow) fellow comes directly to me, takes my hand, and gently leads me in a specific direction that he hasn't made known to me...

We stroll along for several minutes, going this way and that, going thru one doorway to get to another, until he leads me to this one special looking door, and guides my hand to the little plate on the wall. As I place my hand on the plate, a door opens to a room that appears to be (I'm guessing) the Leader's quarter's. As we enter this room, I see two tall chairs, one occupied, one facing me, empty. So, I go to the empty chair and have a seat. This is when the other being turns his chair around to face me.

When he turned around and faced me, he introduced himself using some unknown language, then realized from the look upon my face that I had no clue as to what he was saying. So, out of nowhere, he says "Pleasure to make your acquaintance, you can call me Jerry." And so, began a long discussion about many things. He asked many questions about Earth, America, our livelihood as humans, and many personal questions about me and my life. We talked for hours and hours, but it felt like time stood still while we were talking about things.

As we were both winding down some, he asked if i wanted to be returned to my home. I thought for a little while, and remembered how I had family that would miss me if I didn't return, and replied "Yes, please."

We then came back to just over my house, and he told me I will wake up the next morning refreshed and ready for a new day.