Racing To the Top

I, for one, am not racing to the top! I arrived there on so many occasions before. I remember well my high school diploma, My first day in college, My first day on my first job, Walking across the stage to receive my first degree, My name on the cover of my first book, Holding my first great-grandchild ~~ And many more things that happened to me That say so much more than my name at the top of some crummy list! I, for one, do not write for any gold trophy I remember getting one for…uh, I’ve forgotten… I remember seeing hundreds in trophy cases, An all-expense-paid trip to the Bahamas When my first child was born, My first trip to Africa to teach seminary students I have enough gold trophies for a lifetime They mean so much more to me than a gold trophy beside a poem title! written April 21, 2022