In Mom We Trust!

 

Vol. 1  Chap. 570

      In Mom We Trust!

 

 

   Don’t Blame One Side or the Other!

   But It’s So True That My Mother

   Or Your Moms Too For Heaven’s Sake

   Have All the Skills That It Will Take

 

   To Get Two Vaccines In the Arms

   Of All the Local Folks in Harm’s

   Way and to Do It Faster Than

   Any Government Ever Can!

 

   Rosie Became a Riveter!

   Back When Our Country Needed Her

   To Build the Ships, the Guns, the Tanks!

   She Did It All!  She Asked No Thanks!

 

   While Politicians Talk Their Talks,

   This Virus Spreads Its Evil Pox!

   Grand Photo Ops!  Little Action!

   Covid’s Lost None of Its Traction!

 

   Moms’ Multi~Task!  That’s What We Need

   To Stop This Virus’ Lightning Speed!

   Check Homework, Braid Hair, Cut Off Crust!

   Add Vaccinate … In Mom We Trust!

 

   Step One: Moms Bypass Washington!

   Get Vaccines Straight from Amazon!

   Last Step: ‘Fore Zoom Class Has Started,

   It’s One Dose Down!  Hardly Smarted!

 

 

Your Grampa Sure Loves Y’All!

 

Love~Grampa

Some People!

 

Vol. 1  Chap. 569

        Some People!

 

 

            Some People Don’t Believe In God!

            For Me, I Find That Somewhat Odd!

            Just Step Outside and Look Around!

            There’s Plenty of Clues To Be Found!

 

            Our Sun, Moon, Each Star or Planet

            I Believe Its S~He Began It!

            When Looking at the Universe

            Can You Say Humans Must Come First?

 

            When I’m Alone Down By The Beach

            I Can’t Help But Feel God’s In Reach!

            Doesn’t Take a Sunday Sermon

            For This Young Gal to Determine

 

            That Each Time a Cow Births a Calf

            Or We Eat Wheat and Toss the Chaff

            Or Look a Horse In Her Kind Eyes

            God’s Real!  That Should Be No Surprise!

 

            I Get, Some Don’t Believe in God!

            I Just Wanted to Dialog!

            It Could Be Far Worse, This is True,

            If God Didn't Believe in You!

 

Your Grampa Sure Loves Y’All!

 

Love~Grampa

Braceless in San Diego!

 

Vol. 1  Chap 568

                Braceless In San Diego!

 

 

             I Get It That I Rarely Smile!

               Would You Smile If You Knew That While

               You Shared Your Warmth With All the World

               What They Saw Was Some Tin Grin Girl?

 

               But This New Year Started Out Right!

               The Dentist Who Cranks My Tin Tight

               Examined Close My Pearly Whites!

               Checked for Small Gaps or Over~Bites!

 

               Like Construction Workers’ Scaffold

               Removed to Let the World Behold,

               Where Once Stood a Work In Progress

               Stands a Braceless Young Woman, YES!!!

               True, I Tried Hard To Never Smile!

               But Smiles Slipped Out Once In a While!

               Now Big Ol’ Grins Do My Speakin’!

               Like a Lighthouse On Full Beacon!

 

               Only Near Bella, I Tread Light!

               Seven Hundred Days ‘Til We Might

               See Her One Thousand Megawatt

               Smile Light the Room ‘Til It Glows Hot!

 

Your Grampa Sure Loves Y’All!

 

Love~Grampa

Better Things to Come!

 

Vol. 1  Chap. 567

   Better Things to Come!

 

 

 

    Our Hopes For Better Things to Come

    About Soared Looking at Our Mom!

    Holding Sunscreen, Bug Spray and My,

    I See Adventure in Her Eye!

 

    A Short Ride to The Canyon Mouth,

    That is Clavenger Canyon South!

    A Place Dotted with Boulders, Granite,

    Barren Like Some Far~Off Planet!

 

    Rugged is a Fair Description

    Of Our Four Plus Mile Ascension!

    Where Daphne Finds the Slightest Shade

    She Ducks In Hoping Not to Fade!

 

    The Hike is Slow, But We’re Ready!

    We Make Progress!  Our Pace Steady!

    Pup Needs the Shade of Some Tall Tree!

    Audrey Said, “Leave That Up to Me!”

 

    Miles Up Here In This Clean, Thin Air,

    The Highest Boulder Sports a Pair

    Of Chairs with Views Where We Traversed!

    How’d You Spend January First?

 

Your Grampa Sure Loves Y’All!

 

Love~Grampa

New Year's Customs!

 

Vol. 1  Chap. 566

            New Year’s Customs!

 

              Here We Greet New Years with Champagne!

              Most Seem to Like It!  Few Complain!

              Diff’rent Country, Diff’rent Custom!

              C’mon, What Say We Check Out Some?

 

              Italians Wear Red Underwear!

              Now Don’t Rush Out & Buy a Pair

              Unless You Know the Thought’s, Maybe,

              Red Helps You Make a New Baby!

 

              A Russian Gathers Hopeful Thoughts

              Then On Paper, Those Thoughts She Jots

              Then Burns the Page!   Collects the Ash!

              Drinks It With Champagne From Her Glass!

 

              Irish Lass Gathers Mistletoe!

              Sleeps With It Under Her Pillow!

              She Sleeps Well, Recalls All It Seems!

              That Year Hunts the Man of Her Dreams!

              Bowls of Soba Noodles are Dear!

              Japanese Draw Their Strength from There!

              World Wide It's Hope That We Chime In

              This Year, As Always, While Rhymin’!

 

                   Happy New Year One & All!

 

Your Grampa Sure Loves Y’All!

 

Love~Grampa

Three Cheers 4 Two Doses!

 

Vol. 1  Chap. 565

         Three Cheers 4 Two Doses!

 

          Here’s How My Christmas Carol Goes,

          “All I Want is My Two Shot Dose!”

          Til Then I’ll Stand Back from the Crowd

          Soak In the Progress and Be Wowed!

 

          A Dozen Years Before the Great

          Salk Vaccine Could Eradicate

          The Pandemic of Polio!

          Our Feat Took Just Months, Don’t Ya Know?

 

          Still For Some, This Arrives Too Late!

          For Most Two Doses Will Abate

          The Scourge Symbolic of This Year!

          Soon We’ll Live with No Covid Fear!

 

          The Next Obstacle That I See

          Is How to Get to You and Me

          This Serum Meant to Save Us All!

          Humbly, I Say, We Place a Call

 

          Up to The North Pole, to Santa!

          He’s Our Answer!   You See!   Can’t Ya?

          His Reindeer’ve Been to Your Abode!

          Most Are Still In Deliv’ry Mode!

 

Your Grampa Sure Loves Y’All!

 

Love~Grampa

A Shot In the Arm!

 

Vol. 1  Chap. 564

               A Shot In the Arm!

 

 

 

            After What Seemed Eternity

            When We Had No Immunity

            To This Accursed, Deadly Plague!

            We’ll Soon Re~Shelve Each Body Bag!

 

            The Process Will Still Take Some Time

            We Can’t Stop This Plague On a Dime!

            Both Lights You See at Tunnel’s End

            Are Not Oncoming Trains, My Friend!

 

            Not One, But Two Vaccines Have Made

            It Through the Trials Like We All Prayed!

            On the Horizon Now We See

            A Safer Time for You and Me!

 

            It Seems the Next Step’s Up To You

            Since We’ve Had This New, Huge Breakthrough!

            Please Do Your Part!   Don’t Hesitate!

            For All Our Sakes, Please Vaccinate!

            A Shot For Our Economy!

            A Shot For All Humanity!

            We’ve Needed This Shot In the Arm!

            Step Up!   Put an End to the Harm!

 

Your Grampa Sure Loves Y’All!

 

Love~Grampa

What Our Daphne Sees!

 

Vol. 1  Chap. 563

           What Our Daphne Sees!

 

      I Wonder What Our Daphne Sees,

      If She Picks Up On Little Keys

      And Tries to Draw From Them What’s True!

      I Wonder What She Sees!   Don’t You?

 

      ‘Twas Back In Elementary

      Daphne Became Bella’s Sentry!

      True, She’s Guardian to Us All

      But First, She’ll Rush Toward Bella’s Call!

 

      Here, Under Covid House Arrest

      I Maybe Haven’t Been the Best

      Friend to This Dog!   I Know I’m Stressed!

      I Also Know, With Her, I’m Blessed!

 

      When Mom’s Stressed, She’ll Drop at Mom’s Feet

      Her Running Leash!   I Think That’s Sweet!

      Mom Can’t Always Head Toward the Trail

      But That Move Makes Our Mom’s Stress Pale!

 

      I Wonder, Does Our Daphne See

      That Isabelle and Mom and Me

      Love This Brave, Smart, Kooky K-9

      Member of This Gal~Clan of Mine?

 

Your Grampa Sure Loves Y’All!

 

Love~Grampa

Covid Night Sweats!

Vol. 1  Chap. 562 

    Covid Night Sweats!

 

I Woke Up Like I Hadn’t Slept!

Last Night’s Anxieties I’d Kept

Right In the Forefront of My Mind!

My Mind’s Unkind, I am Resigned!

 

In Dreams I’d Lost My Last Good Mask!

No One Had Answers When I’d Ask,

“My Mask?  You Seen It Anywhere?

“That Was My Last!  I’ve Got No Spare!”

 

That’s When I Saw My Audrey’s Face!

She’d Disappeared!  Girl In Her Place

Wore My Mask and Took My Dog For

A Walk!  They Left Straight Out My Door!

 

Of Course I Started to Give Chase!

You Can’t Take Daphne From My Place

And Expect I’ll Just Let That Be!

Hey Girl, You’ve Got to Deal With Me!

 

Just Outside, Standing, Blocking Me

Is My Old Teacher From Grade Three!

A Voice Like Mom’s Speaks Soft It Seems,

“Bella, You’re Having More Bad Dreams!”

 

Your Grampa Sure Loves Y’All!

 

Love~Grampa