Me and My Perfect Life

Who am I, a good question and one I frequently ask, Since retiring, I feel like I have removed a mask, Born in the 1950’s, a babyboomer I guess is what I am, For the first few years, I was my parent’s “poor wee lamb” At the age of fifteen years I had a major surgery, I then decided that it was a nurse I truly wanted to be, As an Infection Control nurse for over 37 years, This brought me many rewards and just as many tears. I met my husband in a course while working on Resusi-anne, He was a Paramedic, good looking, tall and tan. I’m loud and talkative while he was shy and quiet, He ate everything and stayed thin while I could use a diet. Together we’ve worked in medicine throughout our married life, The constant conflicting shift work often added a little strife, But I’ve been a faithful wife for more than 28 years, Having two children that look like us, just check the mirrors. I like to think I’m funny and can tell a pretty good joke, I enjoy the occasional alcoholic drink but I no longer smoke. I went back to university to get my degree when I was forty, Now I walk 3 miles each day, I’ve really become quite sporty I no longer lecture across Canada and the United States, Instead I spend my time with those entering the pearly gates, I am no longer an active nurse only a palliative care volunteer, Providing loving care to those people that I find so dear. So in summary I think my life is probably considered quit boring, I like to travel, sing and swim and I do a lot of snoring, I am no longer a daughter, but I am still a mother and a wife, And sometimes I try to be a poet, that’s me, that’s my perfect life! Written July 20, 2011 For “Getting To Know You” contest Won 6th Place