One joy of sending poems into the world is never knowing who or how they might connect with. A poem titled “Gifted” from my last published book, Breaking Down Familiar, is based (with some poetic license) on my brother’s experience with Parkinson’s disease. Out of the blue I was contacted by the editor of The Invisible Map, Barbara Lyghtel Rohrer. Her online publication (theinvisiblemap.com) is dedicated to “helping you uncover your own unique path.” I guess you could call it a trove of inspirational self help, though that label doesn’t encompass the range and depth of art included on the site. Barbara asked to repost “Gifted,” and now it has appeared in the Submissions tab of her December 2025 issue. Thanks to her, others will be exposed to my poem that may touch them in some manner never anticipated when I wrote the poem.