Written for Sherri Gibson's Coloring The World Contest using her weekly prompt |
MY LIFE Looking back over all the years I find that life has been most good and kind, with a few heartaches along the way. Not too bad for a child born in May! I arrived with a loud and lusty cry, to the womb I had bid a goodbye. The air was fresh and sweet to me so I opened my eyes and could see. "This isn't so bad" said I to myself, as I studied the objects on a shelf. A smiling woman held me in her arms, she seemed enchanted by my charms. My father and the siblings took a peek, and must have decided they would keep this red-faced, bald, little bit of noise who would be a charmer of the boys! Fast forward to my grown-up years, there were smiles and there were tears. Far too soon I became old and gray Not too bad for a child born in May! Life has been good, I must admit, and I wouldn't change a bit of it. Life is precious and goes too fast, I really wished that it would last. My life (and yours) is what we make it, it is all about just how well we take it. I am glad that I was born and can see, that someday I will treasure the memory. So I will try to make my life worthwhile, and if I can, I will make someone smile. I will try to make this world a better place, remembering a smile on my mother's face. Countrymom 7/17/10 |