Amy's Place ... Poetry and Potpourri ... May, 2009

5-1-2009 | JustAmy; St.Louie1; MamaBear; Billie

[JustAmy]

Welcome To....


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and those who enjoy poetry.
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[jaycee]

Awwww~~~~”young love”, is wonderful! Sweet, sweet graphic!

[jaycee]

To match your words, Dolly...Good Morning! Sad going to a funeral on Monday morning but we must do it.

[jaycee]

BBL!

[JustAmy]

Good morning, Meg.
I had planned to get back last night but like so many Sundays, I got side-tracked.

Thank you for your lovely Sunday Mother's Day Thread.
Your reply graphics were wonderful and as always, you were an excellent hostess.

Thank you again for all you do.

Have a beautiful Monday.

[JustAmy]

Good morning, Rus.
Thank you for being here everyday with ODB.

Thank you for all you do.
We appreciate you.

[yorkie]

The following poem was written by William W. Arbuckle 26 Dec. 1942 while serving in the Air Force in N. Africa.

It's Hard To Grow Old

Now life's just a gamble, the experts all say
One brief fling and our wings we all fold
Yet when we're on the brink
We all seem to think
“Gee, but it's hard to grow old.”

We drink deep of joy, petty troubles we face
But the biggest one so we are told
Is the fact that we hate
To bow down to fate
And admit that it's hard to grow old.

In our ‘teens we all meet the girl we adore
And we all try our best her to hold
But one thing we forgot
It's a startling thought
The fact that it's hard to grow old

We marry, have children, and reach middle age
And those words stand out ever so bold
We hear them at play
And their cries seem to say
“The folks find it hard to grow old.”

When the family's grown up, and you're sitting alone
With a wife whose heart is pure gold
She's old and she's gray
But your heart seems to say
“It's not very hard to grow old.”

So don't feel too bad, if you look with regret
On the good life you tried hard to mould
Just think of the fun
And the good things you've done
And you'll find that it's nice to grow old.

[yorkie]

Ooops! Forgot to add you special ladies to post 1086! (Gee, but it’s hard to grow old!)

[JustAmy]

Good morning, GeeBee. Happy Monday.
Your Mother's Day celebration sounded wonderful.
Family gatherings are always the best.

Wishing you a Wonderful Week in return.

[JustAmy]

Good morning, Yorkie. Happy Monday.

LOL .... your graphic.
So far my week looks good BUT it is only 8:30 Monday morning. :^)
Things happen.

Have a Marvelous Monday.

[yorkie]

Another funeral? I am so sorry Dolly.

My freepmail seems to be working fine.
Enjoy the game tonight!

[JustAmy]

Good morning, JOHNN.
Thank you for your Mother's Day poem.
I enjoyed it ... a day late didn't take away from it.

Have a great week.

[WayzataJOHNN]

Ah-h-h-h-h come on,
There has to be one quatrain among you???

[JustAmy]

Good morning, Jaycee.
What happened to the weekend?

Will you be able to get some rest after your busy week?
Your week sounded wonderful but tiring.

Have a Magnificient Monday.

[yorkie]

[JustAmy]

Good morning, Dolly. Happy Monday.

Have a Wonderful Week.

[JustAmy]

Good morning, Billie. Happy Monday.

Thank you for Today's Opener.
It is such a sweet graphic and the music is perfect.

Hope you had a wonderful Mother's Day
and are looking forward to a beautiful week.

Thanks for all you do.

[jaycee]

I don’t know if you’re like me but it seems there’s never enough time for rest. I just have to take it sometimes. I have a dr’s appt. Tuesday and another Wednesday. That and today being Monday, I would like to go back to bed~~~its cloudy and dreary, too, good day for sleeping but I will get some things done before that.....LOL! Hope you had a good weekend!

[jaycee]

;o)

[yorkie]

Hope you have a great day, today, JC!

[JustAmy]

Awww ..... thank you, Jaycee.

Billie continues to give us so much enjoyment with her graphics and music links.

Have a beautiful day.