first year - Feb. 13, 2014 - Feb. 12, 2015 second year - Feb. 13, 2015 - Feb. 12, 2016 third year - Feb. 13, 2016 four year Feb. 14, 2017- today!
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A poem/monologue by Janet S. Tiger (c) 2018
tigerteam1@gmail.com all rights reserved
The pants on the hanger
Are so long
They touch the floor now
How did they grow?
Those pants were tiny
Just a minute ago
I turn and my son's head
Is at my shoulder
When I look next
Will he be looking eye to eye
Or...eating pie
Off my head!
My daughter's jacket
Almost fits me!
She is sewing - repairing a hole in her pants
All by herself
My son mows the lawn
Digs holes
Plants seeds
Isn't the expression
They grow like weeds?
But that's not a good example
Weeds are gone
In a season
My children are like trees
Getting taller and stronger
Every moon
The first buds of fruit
Will be showing soon
I keep track of their heights
On the wall by the fridge
But the real measurements
Are in the sudden realizations
That clothes are suddenly too small
And new chores
Are now old
I watch their successes
Their joys and sorrows
And thank God
As I look forward
To every tomorrow
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Although I wrote this 17 years ago, when they were little, and changed a few words, it is all still true.
Only now, we grow veggies in the planter boxes my son sawed and nailed together, and my daughter sewed a dress - from scratch - that she is wearing on her vacation - what blessings!
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Janet S. Tiger 858-736-6315 CaregiversAnon.org
Member Dramatists Guild since 1983
Playwright-in-Residence
1 comment:
Lovely words...sniff sniff!
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