Travel and Tsuris and Grandkids, Oh My

Getting together with girlfriends entails, Aside from the obvious – eating! Discussions of life and the various ways We fill time up that seems to be fleeting. Of course, we compare all our upcoming trips For our journeys are different and take us Within the U.S. or across the big pond Where no ship, car or plane would forsake us. We cannot resist as we show off the kids, For each one of our grands is amazing And it’s lovely to share pics and videos as We soak up the delight and the praising. But the topic that overtakes most of our time Is our health and the way it’s declining – The aches and the pains and the doctors and tests; We commiserate, kvetching** and whining. As the years ratchet up, that’s the way that it goes, There is sunshine but also much raining So we laugh and we smile at how lucky we are Though, of course, we leave room for complaining! *tsuris - troubles or woes; aggravation **complaining