From Grandpa

For those of you who missed a Colorado Thanksgiving, here is a poem Grandpa wrote and shared at his 85th Birthday party.

An Ode to Tomorrow

I guess you could say we met on a blind date those may years ago.

Surely not without conscientious study and investigation befitting such a momentous occasion.

But alas I could not resist taking home such a beauty. Those sleek lines and elegant form cried out for early action.
And so we became a pair for a fruitful, long and productive joining. What a perfect relationship it has been.

With devotion and pride we raised a most exceptional family. Far better than most and favored with a joyous and lasting love. What fun we've had.

Soon this family grew and grew. No more loving association could have blessed our union. Fun we had and many joyous romps together.

Memories are what we stored. Too special ere to forget. Under the bluest sky and among mountains most wondrous in all the world.

What more could God appoint than such a special World. Brought closer still because of such a favored time.

Ah yes time!

Alas! It can't stay suspended as if tomorrow forever will wait it's turn.

And so we see changes inevitable to all. Fewer outings, certain aging, all the price paid for tomorrows turn. Thankfully not robbed of precious memories engraved on hearts so many.

So here we are not comely as once perceived. Parts worn out but thankfully not beyond modest repair. The spirit shines still through the fading past.

Happily those about us are mostly kind. Still comparisons and forgetfulness join hands with time.

I have heard "Snub Nose" sometimes used. Certainly without disrespect...after all some of the greatest beauties of our time are so adorned.

Time again! Inexorably it will further mar those features that were once so fair. Even memory of some may further fail. But for me she's still a beauty lacking only chance to once again delight. Pride so long displayed demands the care for joy received.

Yes, to love that pug nosed beauty will be my fate. To care for her a keep her well as long as tomorrow last.