Amy's Place ... Poetry and Potpourri ... December, 2010

12-1-2010 | JustAmy; St.Louie1; MamaBear; Billie

[JustAmy]

Welcome To....


'Amy's Place' welcomes all poets
and those who enjoy poetry.
'Amy's Place' is more than just about poetry.
Come in, relax, and share with fellow FReepers
your thoughts about any of the things on the *Menu*.

Enjoy! :)











Never Forget!





Bad Penny



Amy's personal guardian ~
the ever charming, lovable, huggable,
LouieWolf




Many thanks for stopping by. : )

[luvie]

Bring Us Home Again

He slowly came awake today
and he lumbered to his feet,
for it was just two hours
before that he faded off to sleep.

He donned the day's attire and
grabbed his M-16.
He headed off to breakfast to keep
him strong and lean.

As he walked down to the chow line
he kept a watchful eye.
He didn't want the enemy
to take him by surprise.

As the chaplin said a special prayer
on this very special day,
he kept thinking of his family
that is oh so far away.

He rubbed his left breast pocket
where he keeps a picture of his wife
and a letter from his daughter that
he reads most every night.

He fought back a single tear
as he stared out at the sand,
wishing he could be back home
with his family close at hand.

He shook his head to clear his thoughts
and then be on his way.
He's defending our great country
and has little time to play.

When he got out to the fence line,
his buddy by his side,
he exchanged a "Merry Christmas"
followed by a tired sigh.

He climbed upon the watchtower,
his mouth a tiny grin.
He said, "Merry Christmas to the world"
and "God, please, bring us home again".

~Bradley A. Peraino~




GOD BLESS AMERICA
~~~~~~~~~~
GOD BLESS OUR TROOPS

[luvie]

Sweet story! Merry Christmas, Cat Man!

[JustAmy]

Beautiful, Teenie. Thank you.

[JustAmy]

Thank you, Teenie.

I hope they will appreciate them someday. I’ve asked the younger one’s mothers to please put them away for them.

I hope to get updates and additional info for them next Christmas.

[JustAmy]

Welcome to Amy's Place, Tiger.

Merry Christmas to you and yours.

[JustAmy]

Merry Christmas to you and your family, NnB.

[WVNan]

What a beautiful Christmas gift for these old eyes on Christmas eve. I wanted to drop in and wish everyone a MERRY CHRISTMAS, even though I never seem to have time to spend with all the wonderful people here. Most of the time I find that I only have time to scan the headlines and check out what seems to be important threads. I really miss the good times here at Amy’s place. I wish for each one of you a blessed Christmas. May your dreams and wishes come true.

[JustAmy]

Thank you, Yorkie.

Merry Christmas to you and yours.

[JustAmy]

Almost!

Marissa wants to go to sleep so she can get up early. I may need to get out of her room. :)

[JustAmy]

Goods night, Yorkie.

[yorkie]

Sniff. God bless our TROOPS, and thank you Luv!

[MEG33]

God Bless Our Troops, Amen, LUV
Remembering Our Military and Their Families

I'll Be Home For Christmas..Land Of The Free Because Of The Brave
Thank You To All Who Serve Our Country

[JustAmy]

What a cute graphic, Meg. Thank you.

Wishing you and yours a very Merry Christmas.

[JustAmy]

Ahhh ... poor baby.

[JustAmy]

Ahhh .... Thank you for the Christmas Cat poem, Jack.

Wishing you a very Merry Christmas.

[MEG33]

(((HUGS))) A Blessed Christmas To You and Yours.

[JustAmy]

Luv, thank you for that wonderful poem.
Saying prayers for safefy for our military.

Wishing you and our troops a very Merry Christmas.
Hope they all come safely home soon.

[JustAmy]

Merry Christmas to you and your family, Nan.
We miss seeing you here.
Everyone seems so busy lately.
Hope things calm down a little for you.

Have a Blessed Christmas.

[JustAmy]

Lovely, Meg. Thank you!!

[WVNan]

I hope so too Amy. Had did I used to have time to spend so much time on FR? Tonight, for the first time in ages, I'm caught up (almost). We did something different this year. We had Christmas dinner today so Roy & family could come and eat with us. Tomorrow they go to her mother's.

It was great because hubby and I cooked together at a slower pace, we had dinner at 3:00 and I was through in the kitchen before we all went to one of hubby's churches for the Christmas Eve Communion service. The kids will bring Emma over in the morning around 11:00 for her Santa at Grammy's and gift exchanges. We won't have to cut short our gifting to "put the turkey on". After they leave just the three of us (J's brother) will enjoy leftovers from today. We have decided that this is much more fun and less stressful for everyone.

So tonight I'm feeling pretty relaxed. MERRY CHRISTMAS TO ALL.