A Blessed Year

    "A Blessed Year"



in the Year of 2012 our reflection
reminded how truly blessed
our family felt with strong emotion.
a new home with lovely trees
and blossoming bushes flourished
green grass for animals to enjoy
beautiful birds singing melodies
acres of ground for gatherings
and celebrations.

happiness surrounded new parents
my military son and his wife
welcomed new baby boy with
pride and joy and love.
God has given us so many reasons
to cherish each other and Life
for love rules our home always.


through sickness and death
we fought the good fight of faith
and trials made us a strong family
material possessions allow feelings 
of importance ... but ...
we learned that love is the 
key element to this earthly existence.

so in the Year of 2012
we share this love with everyone
thus extolling God, who loves us all
unconditionally.


*For Carol Sunshine Brown's In the Year 2012 Contest. 
Copyright © | Year Posted 2012

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A  Avatar
March 13, 2014 at 3:05 AM
Your words are a blessing, and God loves us, yes he does.. ~Love you forever my bff....... RIP Sweet Linda-Marie ~SKAT~
A   Avatar
November 19, 2012 at 11:46 AM
Hello Linda, my bff,,, love the gift you love sharing .. Congratulations with your awesome win in Carol's contest.. Take care :-) ~PD
Liwayway Avatar
November 17, 2012 at 9:17 AM
lovely write as lovely as you my friend Linda-Marie...Congratulations on your win!!! good day always!! Love, Maria
Gasun Avatar
November 17, 2012 at 2:37 AM
Congratulations on your awesome win my dear friend, Linda-M! Your poems is perfectly as beautiful as the year 2012! So inspiring! Thanks for sharing it, too! May God bless you and your family always! love always, Leonora
Nair Avatar
November 16, 2012 at 10:57 PM
Congratulations on the win! Happy that you are happy!! Jag
Sweetheart Avatar
November 16, 2012 at 9:06 PM
WON 2ND PLACE ..THANKXXX
May Avatar
November 16, 2012 at 4:07 PM
congrats on your win Linda
Yamin Avatar
November 16, 2012 at 2:03 PM
Congrat on your well deserved win in the Carol Brown's Contest. Well done. The year 2012 is the year of bliss to you. It must be a matter of great joy. Your observation " Love is the key element to this earthly existence', has appealed to me. Love and be loved. I wish the ensuing year 2013 to be a greater year of joy to you and a subject of another powerful write. -Mohammad
Tams The Golden Girl Avatar
November 16, 2012 at 12:13 PM
Well done, another contest that passed me by xx
Brown Avatar
November 16, 2012 at 7:25 AM
Congratulations on your win in my contest Linda-Marie. Thank you for supporting this contest and may you have a wonderful day. Love, Carol
Wellington Avatar
October 27, 2012 at 10:04 AM
O Linda, dear friend. What a beautiful rendition of your love and gratitude and family values and faith. An excellent display of adoration to God. I love this and it will go down as my fav of the day. One love my friend. Joy Wells
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October 23, 2012 at 8:27 PM
What a lovely poem! I really enjoyed not only what you said, but how well you said it. Yes, those trials do make us more aware and grateful, don't they? My daughter shows me that each and every day. Hugs, chum. Cyndi
Kendrick Avatar
October 23, 2012 at 4:32 PM
Great expression of your joy and thankfulness..Enjoyed reading this eve..Thanks for stopping by with encouraging reviews of my work..Sara
Tate Avatar
October 23, 2012 at 2:42 PM
Carol, what great insight you exhibited in this poem. Love it.
Dietrich Avatar
October 23, 2012 at 1:53 PM
gosh, I need to check out that contest again. I forgot exactly what she wanted and I really enjoyed seeing how you did your entry, Linda. GOOD way to let us know about your life and the love you have for your family.
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October 23, 2012 at 12:54 PM
I agree with you that love is the key element to this earthly existence. Lovely feeling. Loved always, bl
A   Avatar
October 22, 2012 at 4:06 PM
Hi Sweet Linda, stopping by to say hi,, my bff... before I log off... I love what you chose to write about... I'm glad you are a lover of people... your one of a kind... luv ya..my bff...have a sweet day... xox...pd
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October 22, 2012 at 11:30 AM
Linda; It sounds like the year 2012 was a true blessing for you. We have to go through some bad times, so we can learn to apprechiate the good. Many blessings to you and yours and good luck in the contest. lucilla
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October 22, 2012 at 10:25 AM
This is an excellent and wondrous write my friend! I truly love this incredible and significant poem for the past year! Your love is shown through this write and everything that is represented within it! I really enjoyed reading this delightful and pleasurable piece this afternoon! Great Work!!
Horsman Avatar
October 22, 2012 at 7:15 AM
what can one say, Sweetheart, and don't forgget what you give to us all.. as we share our love with you and your family, Carol will love this i'm sure......as i do
Nub Avatar
October 22, 2012 at 4:49 AM
Nice poem. I think you done a great job with this poem and I look forward to reading some of your other poems!!!
Sweetheart Avatar
October 22, 2012 at 2:44 AM
in all things .. love is the greatest gift of all and in 2012 it was evident with both joyful moments and tryng times of health issues .. but we pull through because of love .. enjoy poets ..
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