With gratitude my heart adorns this day,
Replete with benedictions from above,
Deserving of a priceless prayer bouquet,
For fourscore years of untold gracious love;
From birth His presence shielded me from harm,
Although it did not always seem that way,
When ‘Untoward’ assailed, causing alarm
Threat’ning o’er self and fam’ly to hold sway,
Through loyal kith and kin, His love prevailed,
Occasioning no Rubicon be crossed;
In Autumn years new person is unveiled,
To all with sensitivity embossed,
Let all the world in dulcet tones extol
The good God that today embrace my soul!
Β©Meanderings 2016
absolutely lovely work of thankful art here E! Keep up the good work…:-)
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Thanks P! Hugs. β€οΈ
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thanks E… with my Muse having returned I’m digging around in my notebooks again. π
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Hugs. ππ
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how are you, E? π
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All Well P! Got back home last night. Fab time in Germany…A lot of ‘catching up’ here and elsewhere….Hope to be back here anon. Hugs! β€
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I lived in Germany in 1956 for 1 1/2 years…courtesy of the U.S.Army. near Frankfurt, then by Stuttgart. Beautiful countryside, aside from the occasional pile of rubble.
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Daughter lies south west of Stuttgart…in Tubingen..Lovely countryside…yes! π
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our quarters were in Ludwigsburg, but husband was at Boeblingen (old Panzer Kasern) and when I kept the car I drove over there a lot
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Delightful country…. π Hugs!
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countryside in southern Ohio, Kentucky…etc. reminds me of Germany…the long views of little villages out in pasture and hills. autobahn was about the only highway back in 1956/57.
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Hugs! β€
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Wonderful words and bloom.
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Thanks Peter. π
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How lovely.xxx
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Thanks D! β€οΈ
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What a beautiful sonnet, brimming over with joy and gratitude! Hugs xx
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Thank You Gill. Much appreciate your comment. Hugs. π
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Love the poem and the flower! Hugs! π
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Thanks Jill. Still away. Back later this week. Be catching up. Hugs. ππ
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Wonderful….
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Thank You…. Hugs!
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