Grandma At Eighty Eight
Grandma At Eighty Eight
Not too long ago you were a golfer and high score bowler
Hair always fixed looking fifty not much older
Unique deluxe card games or attending a bingo hall
Playing scrabble with your daughter’s and winning all
You also can sew, knit, cook and with anyone converse
There’s really nothing you can’t do well in the universe
Grandma you are a saint through and through
Raising seven children would turn me into a shrew
You have more tolerance and patience than I do
Doing things I would never even think to
Driving to LA in a van with relatives no room to breathe
Stuck in four lane traffic with everyone having to pee
Driving twelve hours with offspring in the summer heat
Then dancing all night at a wedding is an amazing feat
I need to take five days to recharge my batteries alone
You enjoy people coming and going in your home
A people person always, in your home, or in a car
Listening and allowing others to be who they are
Others know they can share their feelings of shame
Because you let them without judgment or blame
Your heart, spirit, and body are in great shape
I hope to be more like you at age eighty eight
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