Where are they going?
The memories of years past.
Where are they going?
The familiar names you can’t recall.
Why are they being locked away?
Are they being deposited in a special place?
To be shared in another time and unknown place.
Or are they completely erased?
It’s a mystery we can’t comprehend.
Why were you chosen for this trip?
We want to stop the journey but have no control.
We watch you go but can’t travel with you.
We may not take the same road as you
But we’ll meet again at the end.
Farewell my friend.
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Born in Durham County, North Carolina, Elaine Jones is an Army spouse, Army mother and Army & Marine Corps grandmother who enjoyed careers in nursing and education before retiring.
Her first career was as a neonatal nurse at Duke University Hospital. She left the nursing profession and became an Army spouse, raising a family and supporting her husband’s military career. She later became interested in education and served as a teacher’s aide, then as an English as a Foreign Language (EFL) instructor for Alamance Community College.
Active in community service, Elaine has organized efforts to build mobility aids for the disabled, and volunteered to help local hospitals, skilled nursing facilities and community centers. She loves to bring smiles to the faces of hospital patients, children and assisted living residents portraying her alter ego, a clown named “Miss Dipity Dolittle.”
Elaine enjoys writing and published Granny’s Legacy: A Collection of Short Stories and Poems as well as featured articles and poems in Good Old Day’s Magazine, The Havok Journal and The Epoch Times, Battlefields.
Elaine’s hobbies include writing, reading, painting and crocheting. She donates some of her crocheted items to support local charities including Ricky’s Retreat, a safe spot for struggling young adults and teens.
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