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Dear Lord

Dear Lord…
         …we don’t talk often and I guess that’s down to me
I struggle to converse with those I cannot clearly see
I understand that you’re the one on whom I should depend
And though I ask a favour now… I’m asking for a friend

The special lady in my life, who I think of as ‘wife’
Is soon to trust her eyesight to a fellow with a knife
A simple op will let her kiss her cataract goodbye
An easy thing to say about another person’s eye

Have I hid behind her vision that is blurred and grey
I’ve never had to think about it much before today
But when we met her eyes were clear and I was rather fit
But now her vision is impaired and I have changed… A BIT…

So please, when all is done allow my girl to clearly see…
Perhaps a slightly rosey tint whene’er she looks at me

Amen

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Jan Allison Date: 9/1/2024 2:31:00 PM aww she will be able to see how handsome you are Terry! hope the surgery goes well for her:-) hugs jan xx Login to Reply Jan Allison Date: 9/1/2024 4:00:00 PM i understand loud and clear lol:-) hugs jan xx Terry Flood Date: 9/1/2024 3:34:00 PM Thanks, Jan. You do understand, I hope, that my profile image is not my usual look… phew, just checking ;-)

Gershon Wolf Date: 8/31/2024 8:34:00 PM Cute!! Good luck there. Maybe you can rent some mirrors from a 'House of Mirrors.' Smiles, Gershon Login to Reply Terry Flood Date: 9/1/2024 3:30:00 PM I think, on reflection… That might avoid rejection. ;-)

Ilene Bauer Date: 8/31/2024 2:34:00 PM ha! nicely done, terry! if this is true, i hope it all goes well for your partner, but i'm sure she'll still find you wonderful in her eyes, even when they're improved... Login to Reply Terry Flood Date: 8/31/2024 2:41:00 PM A couple of weeks time. Don’t worry, I’ve got a blond wig and a Brad Pitt mask to fall back on. Glad you enjoyed, Ilene

Kim Rodrigues Date: 8/31/2024 1:37:00 PM Terry, I say “Amen” to your prayer. I also pray that you will have great conversations with God. Often I find my voice as I read His word. I know He loves us and cares about the things and people we care about. This is a sweet poem…she is your friend, your wife…I love the slightly rosey tint…beautiful prayer! Login to Reply Terry Flood Date: 8/31/2024 2:51:00 PM Thanks, Kim. I’ve never been a believer but I would never dismiss anybody’s faith. If it were compulsory to adopt a religion I would be Christian. As it stands, I remain a dubious but hopefully morally decent fellow ;-)

Paula Goldsmith Date: 8/31/2024 9:16:00 AM What a lovely write/prayer. Good Luck to both of you. Next write will be how she is doing???? You both are in my Soup prayers....  Have a blessed day writing away............... Login to Reply Terry Flood Date: 8/31/2024 2:54:00 PM A light hearted entreaty, Paula. I only hope she doesn’t take one look at me and say, “Didn’t you used to be younger?” ;-)

Tom Cunningham Date: 8/30/2024 11:28:00 PM Yikes, hope it all goes OK for her Terry, my optician told me he could see the start of cataracts, told me to wear dark glasses and avoid sunlight, shouldn't be a problem in the UK. Problem you got now is that she'll see what you're getting up to . Bank account, what websites you visit. Lol. Tom Login to Reply Terry Flood Date: 8/31/2024 2:58:00 PM Good job your optician didn’t add, “And avoid garlic.” ;-) Terry

Beryl Edmonds Date: 8/30/2024 7:11:00 PM Terry, I’m waiting for that op too. I hope all goes well for your special lady… Beryl Login to Reply Terry Flood Date: 8/31/2024 3:01:00 PM And for you too, Beryl. It’s certainly treated as pretty much a routine op. Anne had one eye done a year ago, but that eye is a lazy eye she’s had all her life, so the improvement was limited. This time it’s her ‘good’ eye, so fingers crossed. Terry