CHRISTMAS 2016

HERE WE ARE. I WANT TO COMMUNICATE WITH YOU!

TO ME THE MOST IMPORTANT THING ABOUT THIS YEAR

IS THAT YOU ARE STILL ON THIS SIDE OF THE GRASS

I KNOW WE EACH HAVE OUR OWN PARTICULAR PATH TO FOLLOW

COMPLETE WITH GOALS OF OUR OWN CHOOSING

AND THEN THERE’S THE BAGGAGE

THAT WE TOTE, DRAG, MUSCLE ALONG

MUCH OF IT OF OUR OWN CHOOSING

SO I WISH US ALL THE GIFT

OF LETTING GO OF OLD BAGGAGE

THAT CAN JUST BE SUCH A PAIN

IN THE NECK, BACK, PATOOTIE OR WHEREVER

AND TRAVELING ON INTO THE NEW YEAR

TOWARD THAT DEAR NEW GOAL

OF YOUR OWN BEST CHOICE

SO HERE WE ARE, ONE AND ALL

SO GOOD TO BE HERE STRAIGHT AND TALL

GUTS THAT WORK WELL AND LEGS THAT MOVE FREE

GOALS THAT ARE WORTHY TO BE THE BEST ME

AND THE BEST ADVICE I HAVE TO GIVE IS

KEEP THE MAIN THING

THE MAIN THING

HO HO HO

MERRY CHRISTSMAS TO ALL

AND A JOLLY OLD

PEPPERMINT STICK

Blessings, FRIEDA

Frieda Kirk is a Seattleite who attends the Greenwood Center Write about Your Life class on Thursdays (1:15 to 3:15).

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