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I Have Been

Have you ever heard the old saying, 'You can ride a willing horse to death," well my grandmother told me this many times, during my growing years. Now that I am older, and I pray much wiser, I know exactly what she meant. Out there in this big old mean world are people, and some of these people don't have much sense when it comes to piling things on you, "farming you out," so to speak. I have been a taxi, I have been a nurse, I have been a teacher, I have been a sitter, I have been a cook, I have been a receptionist, I have been a bank, I have been a mechanic, I have been a painter, I have been a mother, I have been a carpenter, I have been a decorator, I have been a mover, I have been so many things, for so many people, I have forgotten who I am.

Copyright © | Year Posted 2007




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