April's Promises

April promised smiles and sunshine,
All the joys of spring would be mine.
Oh, but April lied!
She brought me days of chilly raining
My joints by cruel arthritis paining
And the heavens cried.

Good-bye April!  We're through!  We're done!
You weren't able to produce the sun.
Farewell!

April's promises, though failing
Brought in May's warm winds prevailing.
I'm sure that April tried!
Don't blame April that the winter
With a head-lock cruelly pinned her.
Her moment was denied.

Good-bye April!  You're done!  You're through!
Next year, Babe, we'll seek the sun anew.
Farewell!

In Case You Had Wondered

I case you had wondered, or even had not,
Since I haven't been blogging a heck of a lot.
I've started with college which takes up my time
So I haven't much time now for sharing a rhyme.
Between my semesters I thought I'd sneak in
To let you know where in the heck I have been.

6. What is the hardest thing you ever experienced?

I bet you'd think that being killed in a car at just sixteen
Would be the hardest thing I'd done, having lost my lovely spleen.
The hardest thing I've ever done was choosing to divorce.
In the end once it was made, the choice has changed my life's whole course.
I lived for years as Mom and wife but now I live alone.
I can not count the many ways that since then, I have grown.
I felt I'd chosen failure, just gave up in other words,
But living there in misery was truly for the birds.
So I gave up and ran away cuz I'm just so mature.
I know.  Not fair to choose the end to which you will endure!

Five Happy Things

5. What are the 5 things that make you most happy right now?



1) When I was just a little kid down on the cellar stair

I'd play with Mom's old button box and find great pleasure there.

Today, I went out yard saling and found a button jar.

It thrills me even now to see how cool old buttons are.

I found a reproduction from a Hessian soldier's coat

With a Teutonic eagle and a nifty Latin quote.

ESX DEVS SPES NOSTRA it says which is to say

God is our hope, a nifty quote which still is true today.



Buttons still make me happy!



2) Ice cream makes me happy on a heated summer day

And probably in winter too, 'cuz ice cream's cool that way!



Gotta love ice cream!



3) I love my wee apartment out hiding in the wood!

The quiet makes me happy and the price is pretty good!




Ah, the woods of Harwinton! Home at last!



4) The sound of laughing children is like sunshine to my soul!
There's not a sound that's happier, an emotional sugar bowl!




5) My wonderful kids are the joy of my life.
They make me so proud I could cry
But being away from them cuts like a knife,
A sorrow I can not deny.
Yes, this opposition is a part of the plan.
Without it how well would we learn?
You better knew health when your illness began.
I love seasons best 'cuz they turn!
The shadows look darkest compared with the light
And evil stands out by the good.
Do opposites help us tell wrong things from right?
I'd choose joy every time if it could!

My kids make me happy.  Sorry for getting preachy!