As many of you know, each year I write a Christmas poem.  When I started out, I was posting a number of them from previous years.  Well, I am current and for the first time, I think I am going to post this year’s poem two days before Old Saint Nick arrives. Ho, Ho, Ho.

Merry Christmas to all of you.


                                            A Special Christmas – 2009

In the year of our Lord, two thousand and nine,

I put pen to paper and hoist a stein.

It’s time to report on a special year,

Fifty years joined, a lofty tier.

So young for fifty, someone should delve,

OK, we admit it, we were only twelve.

 

With kids and grandkids, we shipped off to Alaska,

A neat way to celebrate, Right? I ask ya?

Missy, Terry and Kristin made it, but were late,

They finally got their luggage, when we docked at Icy Strait.

The table seated twelve, but we had one more,

So we snatched an additional chair, and had fun galore.

We loved to watch the glaciers, and were startled by the whales,

We came home excited and exhausted, with many glorious tales.

 

It’s a party year, after four without,

And it always rains hardest, after a drought.

Preparations started way back in September,

And the tree has been up since I can’t remember.

But it’s all worth it, it’s where the road ends,

Surrounded at Christmas, by family and friends.

 

Blanche and Mary are in their nineties, but they won’t pitch a hissy,

They just want to remind us, old age is not for a sissy.

Blanche needs her oxygen, so she brings along her tank,

Mary’s broken hip’s repaired, there’s Karen and doctors to thank.

 

Disney in January and lessons at Ledbetter Golf,

Jack’s working on his swing, oh please do not scoff.

Financially it all worked out, you really can’t beat that,

For David’s paying Jack, not to wear his hat!

 

RAJA in New Orleans, what a combination,

Party with old friends, now that’s a celebration.

We toured the city wide and saw some devastation,

But things are coming back, that’s the revelation.

 

Out in Arizona, Becky’s close to her master’s degree,

Waited till the nest was empty, but never lost sight of the key.

Brandon’s finishing at junior college as editor of their publication,

Grant’s stepping out into the cruel world, two jobs worth of perspiration.

 

Missy’s recovering from a rear-ender, it’s been a lengthy struggle,

But she’s coming to our party, school and flights she’ll have to juggle.

Tyler’s cheering for UCF,  and Kristin’s a beautiful teen,

Terry’s driving them up for Christmas, togetherness is really keen.

 

Virginia closed some prisons, and Paul’s job moved further west,

 It’s not just the Army that suffers through the test.

Another bump in transition from job to career,

It’s tough on the family, but Sandy’s such a dear.

Josh is studying at Radford and Little Jack is quite the sport,

Found himself a girlfriend, shortly after we left port.

 

So much we have to be thankful for, each year brings us joy,

But it’s friends and family that count the most, they cause us to buoy.

So with blessings to everyone, and a life full of cheer,

Merry Christmas to all and a Happy New Year!