Day: December 4, 2019

 FRED AT BEDTIME

 Fred decided to go to bed
 His wife Hazel was already in bed
 Well I guess I’m going to bed Fred said
 Would you shut the ****
 Would you be quiet Fred?
 I’m trying to sleep over here
  
 Fred quietly slipped into bed
 He wasn’t very comfortable
 His house robe was still on
 It had been a gift from Hazel
 Thanks again for the robe Hazel
 Shhh!  Said Hazel
  
 Fred threw the robe away
 He had never liked it 
 Chenille had never been a hit with him
 Hazel recovered the discarded robe
 She took it to Goodwill Industries
  
 Scouting the bins she
 Found a silk robe and
 Thought it would fit Fred
 She liked him in robes and
 Sometimes referred to them as smoking jackets
 Fred did not smoke
  
 It’s very nice said Fred after
 He had tried it on
 Thank you Hazel
 The next day
 Fred left home
 He stopped at the Grocers
 He loved oranges
  
 Stanski
 December 4, 2019 ^
   

  
 Doors close; chapters end; friends go
 We take this with sorrow and sometimes regret
 Once gone there is nothing we can do
 There was a chance once.
 Maybe it was missed.  Maybe not
 We go on.  We think
 Sometimes we beat our self up
 But why?
  
 Life is a two way street
 We can only travel one way at a time
 The regret may be that we can’t travel two
 Life works its own way and
 Unfolds for us and is there for the taking or leaving
 We take when we can or when convenience dictates
 We leave when we must
 There is no other way
  
 We embrace and cherish
 Those who give comfort
 And give back more or less as we can
 Life goes on
  
 We see things we can’t believe
 We believe things we can’t see or understand
 We remember and then forget
 We learn and fail to implement
 Overall we improve ourselves and move forward
  
 We look for the truth and know we only have today
 Do what we can and release the rest
 Be joyful and believe in yourself
 Worry not about the goodbyes
 Focus on the hellos
  
 Stanski
 December 4, 2019 ^

 I’ll be there for you
 I can make that promise
 It is my life and
 I know the way
 Never wasting time
 Living on a prayer
 Keeping the faith is good
 But not wearing it on 
 Your sleeve is even better
 People like action
 Not just stories of
 What you might do
 If only things go your way
  
 In my arms
 You will have a life
 I’ll be there for you
 Unbroken; never broken
 Even in the worst of times
 I am not a runaway 
 That would be bad medicine
 And I don’t want a roller coaster life
 So lay your hands on me
 Just because you can and want to
 You will never have any regrets
 Every day will be Saturday
 You’ll be saying we’re living a love song
 I’ll be saying thank you for loving me
  
 Stanski
 December 4, 2019 ^ 

 TODAY’S VISIONS
  
 Just a glance to the north
 Trees with branches full of
 Technicolor leaves catching the
 Light of the southern sun fills us
 With enchanting feelings
  
 Father Frost has been busy
 He is a show-off and pretends
 That all of this is easy 
  
 We are infatuated with the one we are with
 And pass through the seasons together
 Years slip by while we hardly notice
 We dance our way through all kinds of weather
 Soon we find ourselves in our autumn
 We are thankful for the beauty we find
 When the right sun shines on us
  
 All things in time 
 Is not hard to understand
 Denial is not an ally 
 It will never change your feelings
 Trees drop their leaves  
 Then have new beginnings
  
 We stand tall and are soothed by 
 Our genuine feelings for each other
 Never too proud
 We can accept small year-by-year changes
 Aware that our leaves may finally fall
 Maybe not now, but soon
 And then, our new beginnings
  
 But first we must face another truth
 Snow falls deep in December 
 It is no longer November and
 April is still months away
 We will make the best of this
 Isn't that what we always do?

 Stanski
 December  4, 2019 ^