NO VALUE JUDGEMENTS

I wrote this when I was working in Community Services

NO VALUE JUDGEMENTS

Please don’t make a value judgement

When you look at me.

Remember that there are places

Where I would rather be,

Please don’t make a value judgement

When I ask for help from you,

Show me some compassion

Please help me see it through.

Please see with loving eyes,

Not just the colour of my skin,

Remember there is a real person

Living here within.

Be open to the changes

That have brought me here,

Hear the things I am not saying ~

Sense my very real fear.

If I am wrong then tell me gently,

With smile and gentle word,

So that when I leave I will recall

How much you really cared.

Please don’t judge my transport

Or the clothing that I wear.

The way I treat my children,

Or what has brought me here.

Until you walk in my shoes

And tread the path I do.

You cannot know how I feel

When I stand in front of you.

So please, no value judgements ~

Acceptance and a smile,

Will help me with my journey

As I travel every mile.

© Linda J. Vaughan

5^th November 2006

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

NORMAL DAY

NORMAL DAY 

Normal day let me be aware

Of the treasure you are to me.

Days without pressure, days at home,

Days when the sunshine I see.

Let me be aware of the freedom from pain

Now that hospital days are gone

Normal day let me be aware 

Of the very great battle I've won.

I am thankful for all the joys

That each new day can bring

I have a spring in my step 

And sweet is the song that I sing.

Normal day let wake unto you

With cheerfulness as my guide

Let me never forget your beauty

As I welcome you with pride.

Normal day let me hear again

The laughter that rings in this home

Let me treasure my family and friends,

Wherever they may roam.

Normal day let me stand in your rain

And splash in the puddles you send,

Let me step out in faith on my journey

Not knowing what is around the bend.

Normal day let me work in my kitchen

With thanks for my daily bread

Let me never complain about shopping

Allow me to rejoice instead

That I can go out in my car and drive

And do the things that were missed

Let me hang out my laundry with pride

Let me feel myself sun kissed.

Normal day let me celebrate

The friendships that bring me peace

The love and the care and joy 

Of night times sweet release.

Normal day let me sleep in my own bed

With all the comforts of home,

Let me cherish so much of love and life

And friends who live over the foam.

Normal day let me sit at my beading
Or write letters to get in the mail
Let me enjoy the wonder of life
And friendships that will never fail.
Let me walk through damp grass
And feel the wind in my hair,
Let we wander at the seaside
And feel friendship's care.

Days that are full of struggles

Please allow me to cope with those,

Let me walk through my garden

And pick the last of the summer's rose.

Let me listen to music long into the night

And to cry as it touches my soul

Normal day - you are cherished

You allow me to be whole.

© Linda J. Vaughan

26th.April 2012