Toy Escape

Late Christmas Eve, when all was still,
And the room was dark as night,
The Christmas tree lit magically;
It was a fantastic sight!

Then from around the tree trunk came,
A strange and funny sound,
As gifts began to unwrap themselves,
And toys jumped out all around.

The music box began to play,
And in a crazy trance,
The candy canes jumped off the tree
To do a silly dance.

The big stuffed bear leaped to his feet,
To see what he could see;
He rode a shiny, bright red bike
Around the Christmas tree.

The new toy kitchen started to cook,
And before you could blink an eye,
The oven door opened, and from inside
Came a tiny pizza pie.

A squirt gun squirted everything;It knew what it was for;
By the time that it was emptied out,
A big puddle lay on the floor.

A beautiful doll with golden hair
Was searching for a friend;
A toy soldier marched up and took her hand;
They were a perfect blend.

In the bedroom were a boy and girl,
Asleep in Christmas dreams;
The soldier saluted; the doll gave a kiss;
At least that's the way it seems.

Now everything began to tire;
The toys went back in place;
But when mother woke in the morning,
You should have seen her face.

The tree was fine; the gifts were there,
Yet mother gave a roar;
She looked at her wet shoes and yelled,
"What's this puddle on my floor?"

By Joanna Fuchs

Thanksgiving Delights

  On Thanksgiving Day we're thankful for
Our blessings all year through,
For family we dearly love,
For good friends, old and new.

For sun to light and warm our days,
For stars that glow at night,
For trees of green and skies of blue,
And puffy clouds of white.

We're grateful for our eyes that see
The beauty all around,
For arms to hug, and legs to walk,
And ears to hear each sound.

The list of all we're grateful for
Would fill a great big book;
Our thankful hearts find new delights
Everywhere we look!By Joanna Fuchs



 

Easter Lamb in Heaven

It’s Easter time in heaven

Christ sits upon the throne

His faithful sheep are gathered 'round

This palace made of stone.

A rugged cross comes into view

Beyond the crystal sea

A sun-filled room, an empty tomb

A spectacle to see.

In heaven, God reminds us

The reason we are there

How Jesus hung upon the cross

Our burdens, He did bear.

In paradise, on Easter

As far as one can see

Are scenes of Easter long ago

And how this came to be.

There is no toil or trouble

The wages have been paid

The walls are built with diamonds

The streets are lined with jade.

The pearly gates of heaven

Such beauty to behold

The sky is clear as crystal

The walks are paved with gold.

A rainbow stretches overhead

Sweet cherubs fill the sky

Angels sing and church bells ring

They lift their voices high.

There is no need of moon and stars

Where everything is bright

For all who dwell within this land

Are bathed in Holy Light.

Like brilliant prisms in the sun

And beams of colored hue

Somewhere beyond the universe

The Lamb of God shines through.

It's Easter time in heaven

And everything is grand

The only thing that's earthly made

Are the nail scars in His hand.

Author/Written By:

Marilyn Ferguson

©2007

Promise of Spring

The sky is dark and sullen
The trees look so forlorn
The days are short, a chill sets in
A winter day is born.

I yearn for spring so long ago
A day spent in the park
Among the blooming daffodil
The wren and meadowlark.

I long for gentle days of rain
A warm breeze in the air
The fragrance of a lilac tree
A day so ever fair.

Beneath the dead decaying leaves
A bud does wait anew
To reach its arms up to the sky
When winter days are through.

Beyond the bitter winds that blow
A breeze awaits to greet
To bring in sun kissed golden rod
And tender grass so sweet. 

Just as the winter fades away
To this one hope I cling
Our God, who gives the winter wind
Will surely bring the spring.

Author/Written By:
Marilyn Ferguson
© 2006

How Do I love Thee?

How Do I Love Thee? Let me count the ways.
I love thee to the depth and breadth and height
My soul can reach, when feeling out of sight
For the ends of Being an ideal Grace.
I love thee to the level of everyday's
Most quiet need, by sun and candlelight.
I love thee freely, as men strive for Right;
I love thee purely, as they turn from Praise.
I love thee with the passion put to use
In my old griefs, and with my childhood's faith.
I love thee with a love I seemed to lose
With my lost saints,--I love thee with the Breath,
Smiles, tears, of all my life!--and, if God choose,
I shall but love thee better after death.
Elizabeth Barret Browning

Happy Valentine's Day

As A Baby Jesus Came

As a baby Jesus came

From His home above

He left His throne and who He was

To teach us how to love

As a baby Jesus came

Wrapped in swaddling cloth

Willingly took on humanity

Though He was one with God

As a baby Jesus came

To one day grow to be

The saviour of the human race

People like you and me

As a baby Jesus came

As God’s eternal light

That will never be extinguished

But forever shine out bright

As a baby Jesus came

The hope of eternal life

Reconciling us back to God

Giving meaning to our lives

As a man Jesus died

His blood poured out for all

Cleansing and forgiving us

For to this He was called

We thank Him that He came a babe

And grew to be a man

And for His sacrificial love

His nailed scarred feet and hands

Through it all we can live on
With Jesus Christ our Lord

The babe that came that first Christmas

Is what we thank Him for

© By M.S.Lowndes

Happy Thanksgiving Poem

The Pilgrims came across the sea,

And never thought of you and me;
And yet it's very strange the way
We think of them Thanksgiving day.
We tell their story, old and true
Of how they sailed across the blue,
And found a new land to be free
And built their homes quite near the sea.
Every child knows well the tale
Of how they bravely turned the sail
And journeyed many a day and night,
To worship God as they thought right.

More Than A Day!

As Thanksgiving Day rolls around,

It brings up some facts, quite profound.

We may think that we're poor,

Feel like bums, insecure,

But in truth, our riches astound.

We have friends and family we love;
We have guidance from heaven above.
We have so much more
Than they sell in a store,
We're wealthy, when push comes to shove.
So add up your blessings, I say;
Make Thanksgiving last more than a day.
Enjoy what you've got;
Realize it's a lot,
And you'll make all your cares go away.
By Karl Fuchs

What Happens When We Wind!

There's nothing wrong about the wool
When first it is untied;
The strands are lying evenly
And neatly, side by side.

But you should see what happens when
We start to wind that wool!
It gets in knots that won't come out,
No matter how we pull!

It keeps on slipping off our hands;
It tangles left and right;
And long before we're half-way through
It's in a dreadful plight!

The ball jumps down to find the cat,
And then it wanders round
And ties itself to table legs,
And things upon the ground.

And while we're looking for the ball,
Our Mother says, 'Oh dear!'
'You've got it in an awful mess!
'You'd better bring it here.'

Friendship Poem

Standing by,
All the way.
Here to help you through your day.

Holding you up,
When you are weak,
Helping you find what it is you seek.

Catching your tears,
When you cry.
Pulling you through when the tide is high.

Just being there,
Through thick and thin,
All just to say, you are my friend.

- Brittani Kokko

A Friend's Greeting Poem

I'd like to be the sort of friend that
you have been to me;
I'd like to be the help that
you've been always glad to be;

I'd like to mean as much to you
each minute of the day
As you have meant, old friend of mine,
to me along the way.

I'd like to do the big things and
the splendid things for you,
To brush the gray from out your skies
and leave them only blue;

I'd like to say the kindly things that
I so oft have heard,
And feel that I could rouse your soul
the way that mine you've stirred.

I'd like to give you back the joy
that you have given me,
Yet that were wishing you a need
I hope will never be;

I'd like to make you feel as rich as I,
who travel on
Undaunted in the darkest hours with you to
lean upon.

I'm wishing at this time that I
could but repay
A portion of the gladness that
you've strewn along my way;

And could I have one wish this year,
this only would it be:
I'd like to be the sort of friend
that you have been to me.

- Edgar A Guest -

I Said A Prayer For You Today

I said a prayer for you today
to make your spirits soar,

I prayed for happiness for you,
but then I asked for more.

I asked that God would give you
the courage that you need
to be yourself, to do your best,
to dream and to succeed.

I prayed that God would bless you
with confidence in who you are,
because in God's eyes, and in mine,

you'll always be a star.

Auth0r: Unknown

The Road Not Taken

Two roads diverged in a yellow wood,
And sorry I could not travel both
And be one traveler, long I stood
And looked down one as far as I could
To where it bent in the undergrowth;
Then took the other, as just as fair,
And having perhaps the better claim,
Because it was grassy and wanted wear;
Though as for that the passing there
Had worn them really about the same,
And both that morning equally lay
In leaves no step had trodden black.
Oh, I kept the first for another day!
Yet knowing how way leads on to way,
I doubted if I should ever come back.
I shall be telling this with a sigh
Somewhere ages and ages hence:
Two roads diverged in a wood, and I-
I took the one less traveled by,
And that has made all the difference

By: Robert Frost

Shall I Compare Thee To A Summer's Day?

Shall I compare thee to a summer's day?
Thou art more lovely and more temperate.
Rough winds do shake the darling buds of May,
And summer's lease hath all too short a date.
Sometime too hot the eye of heaven shines,
And often is his gold complexion dimm'd;
And every fair from fair sometime declines,
By chance or nature's changing course untrimm'd;
But thy eternal summer shall not fade
Nor lose possession of that fair thou ow'st;
Nor shall Death brag thou wander'st in his shade,
When in eternal lines to time thou grow'st:
So long as men can breathe or eyes can see,
So long lives this, and this gives life to thee.

By: William Shakespeare (1564-1616)

My Moment

Sometimes I just steal away.

A moment alone, for myself, To crochet.

How precious….

Away from the phone’s incessant Ringing,

the dishes in the sink,

The laundry piled high.

Those things can wait for now,

But the yearning to hold a hook and yarn cannot.

So I pull a Project out quickly, knowing There is only a minute,

but I Relish it, treasure each second

And every stitch I complete, Finally feeling fulfilled.

By: Colleen Carroll

Night Escape

By Colleen Carroll

Late at night, when all the world is asleep, I sit, hook in hand. I am bent over mass of yarn in my lap. Some where in the pile, a creation is within. It is emerging, and though I should be sleeping, I cannot. Instead, I am filled with anticipation and excitement as I create, fingers flying, hook moving wildly. It is night, the only time I have, and I treasure my chance to crochet.

Learning

By Colleen CarrollFingers

moving so fast now Its hard to believe I once didn’t know how I practiced for hours I just had to learn For a hook and yarn I began to yearn Improvements kept coming Fingers started to fly I just couldn’t stop Once I gave it a try The love of crocheting Just took over me Reading patterns Now comes so easily Happiness is What crochet will import This wonderful craft Is dear to my heart.

Don't Ever Forget.....

Your presence is a gift to the world.
You are unique and on of a kind.
Your life can be what you want it to be.

Count your blessings,not your troubles.
And you'll make it through what comes along.
Within you are so many answer,
Understand, have courage, be strong.

Don't put limits on yourself,
Your dreams are waiting to be realized.
Don't leave your important decisions to chance,
Reach for your peak, your goal, and your prize.
Nothing wastes more energy than worrying.
The longer a problem is carried, the heavier it gets
Don't take things too seriously
Live a life of serenity, not a life of regrets

Remember that a little love goes a long way,
Remember that a lot goes forever,
Remember that friendship is a wise investment
Life's treasures are people......together

Have Health, Hope and happiness
take time to wish on a star,
And don't ever forget for even a day

HOW VERY SPECIAL YOU ARE.