One Opportunity

One by One

One by one
Marching in
One by One
We stand again

Holding close the memories nigh
Uncle, grampa,

… Meh.. it’s not working for me. My mind was running ahead of myself until it got all jumbled, so perhaps that poem will come another day. 🙂 Let’s see how my other thinking on One goes shall we? 🙂 I’ve been thinking about our family and life pathways a fair bit lately so this might be a better fit eh?

One Opportunity

One marriage
Our household was started with our marriage.
Back in 2002, neither was young.
Seasoned a bit by life
We came in with less expectations to change each other
and more to just enjoy what we had.

One pregnancy
Came and disappeared.
Heart broken, needing to mend.
We learned to share the hard, as well as the easy.

One Boy came
The fears arose.
Would he make it, would he have issues?
Would he be bullied or hurt?
Would he be a joy or a trial?

One boy became a delight
Smart and persistent
Argumentative and Stubborn
but a kind heart and
a Tender soul.
A juxtaposition in many ways.
A challenge for sure
but the holder of good memories.

One job loss
Ah this was hard
Around 24/7 no push to do more
Loss and grieving
but then it was forced.
Find a job, work hard, limbs are sore.
Stresses abound.

One God
Reminds and challenges
Tests and proves
Loves unconditionally.
We learn more.
To talk and share.
To depend and support.
To see need from all.
To build new skills.