"Frolicky Foot Free" is a poem about a cardinal that experiences a pause-point-life-snag right in the midst of her frolicky flow. This story is inspired by how my Aunt Grace is enduring the aftermath intricacies of a stroke. She chose the cardinal as our "bird with a word to be heard." As the matriarch of our family, Grace's journey of fear, faith, hope, resilience, patience, perseverance, forgiveness, humor, connection and grace has "graced" us with...