Living the Aging Life

There’s lots of love in this big world.

There’s also room for hate.

And each of us must make our choice.

Love.

Retaliate.

We each one choose what we will do.

We choose who we will be.

And choice by choice we make our lives.

We etch our destiny.

Live a little.

Laugh a lot.

Offer thanks for what you’ve got.

Do the best that you can do.

Rest content the whole night through.

Let me sing a lullaby.

Let me cradle you.

Let me hold you in my arms.

Let me comfort you.

Let me hum a soft refrain.

Let me soothe your sleep.

Let me ease you into rest

that’s loving, soft, and deep.

Blessings be with you, my friend,

from this day’s start until its end.

Blessings cup you through the day,

on ev’ry step, along your way.

D Day came.

And D Day went.

A now, historic, old event.

We sent our troops.

A nation’s pride.

And some men fell.

  And some men died.

Now let the soft, sweet hush of night

close gentle on your day.

Let welcome dreams of happiness

sweep pain and cares away.

Sleep quiet through these hours of night.

Take comfort in your rest.

And wake to hope tomorrow brings.

And know that you are blessed.

Princess eyes me haughtily.

Her frank disdain is clear to see.

She gazes at me steadily.

The queen – with her obedient me.

A dog will come.  And sit.  And stay.

A dog will join in work.  Or play.

A cat will do what cats will do.

That won’t include obeying you.

Words of hope.

Of love.  Of joy.

Of reconciliation.

Sympathy.

Apology.

Atonement.  Expiation.

Words that lift.

Help others grow.

 Share the best of all we know.

Send out words you’d like to share.

Speak the words that show you care.

Today’s a day of memories.

Some fade, while others last.

And all those tangled memories

 together make our past.