Still cold and shivering!

MY FRIEND ESTHER WROTE THIS POEM LAST NOVEMBER 2008:

Must I be thankful for the snow?

Selfishly,

It grieves me so.

Brown stalks shiver

In my flower bed

            Blanketed in white-

                                                                     Color of the dead.

                                                                  Old joints protest

                      The ice and cold

                 Winter is not kind

                 When you grow old.

                   Must I be thankful 

             For the snow?

                Selfishly,

                    I don't think so.

                                       ©Esther Loomis

Esther is in her mid eighties now and does not like the cold in Central New York State where she resides.  26 yrs. ago, Esther and I were in the Bethel Bible Class together to be teachers.  It was a 2-year course and very in-depth.  We loved what we learned and Esther taught the class all these years at our home town church.  She has been such a blessing to the church and to me as a friend.  We are 20 some years apart in age but we never feel it.  She has kept in touch by handwritten letters all these years and I really appreciate it.  She is a bird lover as we are and has an afinity for Blue Birds as we do.  So here's to you Sweet Esther wishing you a wonderful new year full of God's blessings!