Lori Mathes
 
 
A Christmas Poem (to my Family 2004) I wish you Merry Christmas, this poem's my "Gift" to you I'm sure that won't surprise you ... cuz my poems are nothing new. So often life goes by too fast, that no one figures out Why they were put together or what family's all about. We're not a family by some "chance," there's nothing that needs fixed We each were chosen carefully ... each adding to the mix. He knew we each held something ~ A quality we had One we would seek, and pass along ... some trait of Mom and Dad. We take these traits they gave us and spread out on this earth But never really think about the miracle of birth. A birth is how we carry on, the traits we each possess, The special gifts God gave us, all each different from the rest. That's why there IS a Christmas ... A special day each year, To celebrate the ONE, whose birth gave ALL that you hold dear. I think what was intended ... is we each would do our part, To take time for each other, which is the family's HEART. So this is why I want to say, and know there is no test I'm glad he placed me in this group, among the very Best!! There's not another Family I would choose to call my own, I feel so very lucky and there's just ~ "NO PLACE LIKE HOME." I'm proud to be a part of you. I'm proud to call you mine, And with you all around me I am blessed at Christmas time. Merry Christmas! ~~~ Copyright Lori Ewing Mathes December 23, 2004