Childhood Memories
"How sweet to the heart are the scenes of my childhood"
Samuel Woodworth, 1785-1842
How bittersweet my young days were indeed,
without a thought or care how life's begun.
My parents would give all I’d ever need.
I’d skip along the sidewalk in the sun
and played with friends that now are oh so dear
with Summertime the height of all the fun.
The Wintertime was just as great when here
with piles of snow to roll in for to play.
In time the sun would make it disappear.
It was so nice to go to school each day
with mind and heart set free to something new,
to learn to work and live another way.
This one thing of my youth alone is true.
Each year by grace of God I grew and grew.
11/22/20
Copyright © Janis Thompson | Year Posted 2020
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