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
Copyright © Lee Ramage | Year Posted 2011
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