aging alone – Living the Aging Life

Post-COVID Hair

Today I washed my COVID hair.

My hair no longer brings despair.

It’s cut and coiffed and in repair.

It looks like anybody’s hair.

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Today’s Prayer

This prayer’s a simple wish for you

to ease you through your day:

That ev’ry step’s a happy one

with Joy along your way

Corona Virus Weight Gain

I look in the bathroom mirror

and I sigh at the COVID weight.

Then, I nibble a little something

while I rue all the candy I ate.

Google Weather

Google says it’s sunny today.

Google says it will be warm.

I looked outside at the dripping skies,

and noticed we’re true to form.

The Everett sky is grim and gray—

not a ray that I can find.

But I know in my heart that Google’s right.

Weather’s just a state of mind.

Second Vaccine Shot Hope

I feel hope rise within me.

Everything’s not quite so bleak.

The shot should be effective

in about another week.

I can plan to get my hair done.

I can have lunch with a friend.

I can do the things I used to do.

Life’s no longer at its end.

Corona Virus of the Brain

My brain’s been Feeling Shaky.

My brain’s been Quite Uncertain.

My brain is Unreliable

behind this Virus Curtain.

I hope my brain is Still Up There.

I hope that I can find it!

I hope that it will start again and

all I’ll do is rewind it.

Class of 1952

We were born in the Depression.

We grew up in World War II.

We’ve known our share of troubles.

There’s a lot we’ve made it through.

We know how to cooperate.

We’re willing to do our part.

We also know the frailties that

wrack the human heart.

We can handle the wicked virus…

…its isolation and its fear.

Still, we’re glad to get the new vaccine

with its hope for a better year!

Cat Therapists

Some people’s cats need therapists

to help them Be Their Best.

But my cats reach their zenith when

they get to Eat and Rest.

Every Day

Every day I look to see

what that day’s promise

will bring for me.

Every day is a bright surprise

and every day’s promise

delights my eyes.

To Cheryl

I’m burning a candle for you today

to keep you safe from harm.

I’ll keep a candle burning till

I know you’re home, and warm.