MY CHRISTMAS WISHES FOR YOU

MY CHRISTMAS WISHES FOR YOU 

These are the gifts I send to you 

At this special time of year

Days of calm and peacefulness

And days without fear.

I wish you love and laughter

Sunshine in your sky

Flowers on your pathway

Someone to dry your eye.

I wish you mirth and music

The courage to take a chance

And when the music plays for you

I hope that you can dance.

I wish you food and plenty

And a table fully spread

A soft and downy pillow

Where you can lay your head.

I wish you friends and family

And times to spend together

I wish you celebration times

And fair and easy weather.

I wish you health and happiness

Hot chocolate on a winter night

And when you are in a hurry

I wish you a green traffic light.

I wish you quiet walks 

On the beach or by the river

I wish you walks in autumn leaves

As the river reeds bend and quiver.

A sparkling clear blue ocean

Diamonds in your sky

And when you are challenged

I wish you the courage to try.

I wish you Merry Christmas

And a new year that's calm and sweet

I wish you very happy times

With new friends that you meet.

© Linda J. Vaughan

November 28th.2012

MY JOURNEY

MY JOURNEY 

I have seen the stars at night

In a black and velvet sky

I have watched the moonbeams dance

And heard the river sigh.

I have stood in wonder

By the ocean as she heaves

I have splashed in puddles

And kicked through autumn leaves.

I have felt the love of family

Of  friends who care so much,

Who reach out to me in kindness

With loving tender touch.

I have faced my own mortality

With icy chill and fears,

And held the hand of someone

Who wiped away my tears.

I have faced the morning

When night shadows were all gone,

Made again the promise to myself

That I would steadily go on.

Gentle nursing hands have held me

And catered to my need

A friend's love has held me sway

And I am blessed indeed.

I've walked a stony pathway

With brambles and with thorns,

Dark nights have been upon me

Followed by the dawns.

Yet there is joy within my journey

And my days have been so sweet

For there were stars above me

And petals beneath my feet.

I have been tried and tested

And yet I journey on

With hope and with great courage

To see the battle won.

The joy is in the journey

And happy are my days

And I'm blessed with you beside me

With your sweet and winning ways.

©  Linda J. Vaughan

July 12th. 2012