The Family Gathering

Three sisters, one brother, and our dear parents too, Not counting our children, which numbered quite a few. Prepared the family gathering, our laughter to live on, All seeming happy and anything but blue. With tables set for sharing the food of joy and cheer, Thanks were given to our Lord For the passing year. With dinner feast over and another year to soon disappear, We look around to find we're still together, As so are very few. All the family members have just put their hunger to rest, And with God's blessings, we still have our family nest. With younger days and years left far, far behind, We reach for our memories to share, One more time. The laughter was heavy and spirits feeling free, One more gathering, for our family tree. Our school-day dances, we tried to do, Listening to old records of, God knows who. With our childhood vanished, and many years gone by, Least we forget the family gatherings, We've shared during our lives.