Writing in Snow

Wednesday Poems and Gratitude List

ʻIdál (Justice), 14 Masáʼil (Questions) 176 B.E. - Wednesday, December 25, 2019

Christmas Memories1

I have Christmas memories
both light and dark,
memories that spark
both laughter and tears.

I have Christmas memories--
melancholy echoes--
of a holiday
I no longer celebrate.

Gratitude List for 14 Masáʼil

Today I am thankful ...
          ...that I have 972 points in my Survey Junkie account.
          ...for fresh brewed coffee on this beautiful Christmas morning.
          ...that I was able to complete Abdu’l-Baha’s First Christmas   by David Langness.
          ...for the banana I had to go with my coffee.
          ...that I have 2,214,869 GPs in my Gift Points account.
          ...for the merit badge I received.

Footnotes
1  I posted this in Poet 999 - A Butterfly Emerges From Her Cocoon https://poet999.blogspot.com/2019/12/christmas-memories.html.