2015 Reflection
The old calendar, marked and scratched
created by a daughter-in-law
showcasing premarked birthdays and family pictures
that brought smiles as new months were turned
- the old year gone, left behind except in reflection:
• A few troubles in friends and family deaths and serious illnesses
• Significant milestone church celebrations
• Minor surgeries and preventive medical actions
• Travel to Texas, Arkansas, Alabama, Maine, and Arizona
• Rewarding tasks and relationships
• Voluminous volunteering
• Reading, writing, with only necessary arithmetic
• Too much busyness – too little stillness
• An abundance of joy
Thanks, 2015 – Overall, it was a very good year for a small town girl.
2016 Anticipation
The new calendar, pristine and unmarked
created by OLLI members, retired friends,
displaying their creativity in art and poetry
for which they had little time
when they had wage-earning jobs
assuring pleasure in their stories and pictures as months are turned
- the new year stretching ahead,
a clean slate, unknown except in anticipation and speculation:
• Exciting possibilities I scarcely dare hope for
• A rewarding new project to start the year
• Surely some travel to places yet unknown
• Rewarding tasks and relationships
• Voluminous volunteering
• Reading, writing, with only necessary arithmetic
• Too much busyness – too little stillness (I know myself)
• An abundance of joy
I’m wishing that when it’s over, we can all say that 2016 was a very good year. Happy New Year!