It’s wondrous what a hug can do.

A hug can cheer you when you’re blue.
A hug can say, “i love you so”
Or, “gee i hate to see you go”.
A hug is, “welcome back again!”
And “great to see you!”
Or “where’ve you been?”

A hug can soothe a small child’s pain
And bring a rainbow after rain.
The hug! There’s just no doubt about it,
We scarcely could survive without it.
No longer do you have to worry,
For a hug is the way to say “I’m sorry.”

A hug delights and warms and charms,
It must be why we all have arms.
Hugs are great for fathers and mothers
Sweet for sister, swell for brothers.
Chances are some favorite aunts
Love them more than potted plants.

Kittens crave them.
Puppies love them.
Heads of state are not above them.
A hug can break the language barrier
And make the dullest day seem merrier.

No need to fret about the story of ‘em.
The more you give the more there are of ‘em.
So stretch those arms without delay,
And give someone a hug today!

Tags: god, love, poem

Today, upon the bus, I saw a lovely girl with golden hair.
I envied her, she seemed so gay, and I wished I were so fair.
When suddenly she rose to leave, and I saw her hobble down the aisle.
She had one leg, and wore a crutch, and as she passed, a smile.

Oh God, forgive me when I whine…
I have two legs. The world is mine.

And then I stopped to buy some sweets,
The lad who sold them had such charm.
I talked to him: he seemed so glad…if I were late ‘twould do no harm.’
And as I left he said to me; “Thank you, you have been so kind.
It’s nice to talk to folks like you. You see,” he said, “I’m blind”.

Oh God, forgive me when I whine…
I have two eyes. The world is mine.

Later, walking down the street, I saw a child with eyes of blue.
He stood and watched the others play; it seemed he knew not what to do.
I stopped a moment, then I said, “Why don’t you join the others, dear?”
He looked ahead without a word, and then I knew he could not hear.

Oh God, forgive me when I whine…
I have two ears. The world is mine.

With legs to take me where I’d go,
With eyes to see the sunset glow,
Two ears to hear what I would know…

Oh God, forgive me when I whine…
I’m blessed indeed. The world is mine.

Tags: god, life, love, thoughts

First Day of School poem

She started school this morning,
And she seemed so very small.
As I walked there beside her
In the Kindergarten hall.

And as she took her place beside
the others in the class,
I realized how all too soon
Those first few years can pass.

Remembering, I saw her as
She first learned how to walk.
The words that we alone made out
When she began to talk.

This little girl so much absorbed
In learning how to write.
It seems as though she must have grown
To girlhood overnight.

My eyes were blurred by hastily
I brushed the tears away
Lest by some word or sign of mine
I mar her first big day.

Oh how I longed to stay with her
And keep her by the hand
To lead her through the places
That she couldn’t understand.

And something closely kin to fear
Was mingled with my pride.
I knew she would no longer be
A baby by my side.

But she must have her chance to live,
To work her problems out,
The privilege to grow and learn
What life is all about.

And I must share my little girl
With friends and work and play;
She’s not a baby anymore –
She’s in Kindergarten today.

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Hope you loved this poem for the first day of school.