2011 New Years Resolution
I have just turned another decade on my speedometer of life; to me it was a big one. Now I feel there are some decisions I should be making, you see so many of my peers are down sizing. I have thought about it but to no real consequence, I am not ready, I should be, but no I love all of my treasures. I keep giving things to my children and grand children and I still have what some would consider “too much” That is a fact. I am trying to get things in order, tagged and sorted getting rid of the odd things but for me everything is of use. “Someday” I will have a great garage sale, hopefully I will be there to enjoy it, but if not I believe, my children will have a great time going through it all.
One might say I am a hoarder of sorts; yes, I am getting close to that invisible line of collector verse hoarder; one of the problems is the big house, you have no idea how many big closets there are in this place. Nevertheless, I must confess they are getting full, so this years resolution is to clean out as much as I can with out going into depression. Maybe I can make some money God knows I have a treasure of treasures here none of it is junk, just very nice pieces that I could not pass up because of the good prices. Therefore, that is the goal of 2011, clear out the excesses and rearranges the keepers. Yes, I believe I can do that I am ready.
Wait a minute, what about the hunt oh my I do love the hunt shall I forsake that also, no I can not do that it is one of my favorite pastimes haunting the antique and thrift stores, why they even know me by name. I guess the redeeming quality would be that word of words “moderation”, yes that is it I will not give it up but I will practice a new set of rules, rules of moderation. I will practice saying, “walk away a a, walk away” and see how that goes before I make any hard fast plans of giving it up. There they are my 2011 New Years resolutions. I can live with that.
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Leaves of God Fall 2009
My seasons have flown by so fast
I can hardly remember the details of my budding
I bloomed far too early forced by natures call
The flower of my youth stolen
My spring lost
I could not hold my bloom
As fruit required all my time
That season of summer went so fast
Consumed by my fruit youth slipped away
Never to swing freely in the warm summers breeze
I held fast lest my fruit should fall
Hot summer days turn to chilly nights
My fruit now ripe hear falls call
They release to face their own unknown
I watch as they fall free
My branches lift from their weight
I stand-alone the crisp air begins to blow
Indian summer comes with new love
I bask in the crisp sun light
My beauty is seen and shared
With the bloom of crimson leaves
My golden years begin
Too soon, I see my skin begin to shrivel
Youths golden beauty slips into grey
My hold on the tree of life seems futile
The frost of winter comes so fast
I hold tight lest I fall
So many leaves are falling
I watch as they let go one by one
My winter is here my time has come
The cold ground awaits my fall
The snows of winter cover my memory
Yet the family tree still stands
Spring will come
New leaves will unfold
The seasons of life begins again