Chetta Achara Poet Sijo

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Aunt Judy & Uncle Chuck, 1980

She Drank Tea

Aunt Judith was the only tea drinker in the family;
Camomile brewed from bags - no loose tea leaves for her to read - 
her future was foretold at birth: heart defect and early death.

The wise doctors were sure she would not live much beyond thirty,
but with faith and determination she surprised us all -
Joyfully, she left this world at the ripe old age of fifty!

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Anne-Lise Andresen February 8, 2024 at 9:13 AM - Thanks for the tea ...Aunt Judy & Uncle Chuck .. and congratulations on your win in the contest :) - Chetta Achara February 8, 2024 at 9:38 AM Thank you.

Kim Rodrigues January 22, 2024 at 11:11 AM What a cute picture. Hopefully she lives her fifty years to the fullest. I love this unique tea poem! Kim Rodrigues January 23, 2024 at 5:57 PM Good for her! <3 Chetta Achara January 22, 2024 at 12:04 PM She did live life to the fullest. Whatever the doctors said she couldn't or shouldn't do those are the things she did. It was only during the last few years of her life that she had to slow down.

Jan Allison January 21, 2024 at 2:05 PM Oh Chetta, what a lovely photograph and story of your aunt she must have been a very strong lady, perhaps it was the tea that kept her going:-) hugs Jan xx Chetta Achara January 21, 2024 at 2:07 PM She was the strongest most determined person I knew. I still miss her.