Birthday presents

I was given some lovely presents
For my birthday yesterday
The DVD of Outlander: first half season
Came in the mail last week
I've already watched all 8 episodes!
Phone calls from loved ones far away
An Estee Lauder hand cream
A gift pack of the same
Some aroma therapy scents too
A nice t-shirt and a lovely dress 
Dinner out at Shiki Japanese restaurant
An overnight stay at a hotel...
A trip down memory lane...
Ah the precious memories remain...
I had a swim at Port Noarlunga
A lovely present to myself
Lots of hugs and kisses
Lots of well wishes...
On FaceBook and Google
Another present I didn't care for
I also got this lovely flu
From my darling grand kids
At least they didn't have to wrap it
At least it will go away
But as I lay in bed today
I am remembering everything
And yes: I did have a wonderful birthday!
Thank you to everyone
Thank you to my dearest Lord
For being alive and able to appreciate it
Yes: every single moment 
Is here in my memory: on record!

Birthday surprise

It's my birthday today
So I was sleeping in
Didn't know that I was in
For a rude awakening
My daughter, grandkids too
Came to welcome in my day
With a piece of chocolate cake
Came to sing "Happy Birthday"
Candle already glowing
Ready for a blowing
Then Kachirii ran on past
She was so very fast
Jumped up on top of me
Woke me up in a frenzy
I was struggling to get her...
That great big dog: off of me...
I woke up cursing at that dog
I guess I was in for a shock
For as I landed on the floor
On top of said crazy dog
What is more: then I saw
Their faces: all waiting to see
Just what my reaction would be...
I started laughing like a loon
The stupidity of it all: after my fall
Sitting on top of the dog
Role reversal: oh what glee
Me on top of that dog: silly
We all laughed at the absurdity
Vanessa laughingly told me
How funny I looked: legs a whirl
As I tumbled out of bed
She was really hoping I was fine
Oh it was so truly funny you see
If only she had had a camera
Switched on to film it all
Could have won the major prize
On "Funniest Home Video"

What a wonderful way to start the day
On this my fifty eighth birthday!

Rude people, forgive them

Found an old notebook
Entitled "rude people
From Sedan 2002/3"
I had a look inside
I was reminded too
Of some people who
Thought they had the right
To be rude: abuse me
No way: I say!
I asked "What have I said?
What have I done? 
Please tell me, for I am unaware"
The answer I got was worse 
And I was surprised to say the least...
I had written it down 
All of the abusive messages
I guess: in case the police were called
To this day I do not know
What it was that upset her so...
I guess I will never find out 
For she is dead and gone
Died way too young...
But this I know...
It does not pay to hold a grudge
It is much better to forgive...
For in forgiving you allow
Life to carry on: to progress
Without the worry
Without the distress
I must confess...
If you forgive
It is not for their benefit...
But yours!

The unit

He bought the unit from his brothers
An investment property it was to be
All was great until he let it to his nieces
They decided not to even pay us a penny
It was sad that they decided to let us down
Thought we could afford it suppose: that's untrue
Just because their dad had let us rent his home
Many long years before: but what's the score?
If you agree to rent it on the terms you signed
Shouldn't you be liable: shouldn't it be fair?
That you agree to settle in and ask for stuff
To be fixed up: to be updated: left us devastated
We did our very best you know: waited and waited
Nana helped them out: so I later found out
Bailed them out regularly: wish every thing
Could be free but we had to pay strata fees
Water and council rates: all the usual stuff
Though we hated to do it: we had to say
Please pay up or leave: it was the only way to go
But still I know: there is anger and nastiness
Left behind: even after all of these years...
He sold the unit in August of 1994

Not worth the paper it's written on

Been sorting through all my paperwork
Chucking out the rubbish: the useless stuff
Found a few signed pieces of paper
Supposedly: contracts between two people
I guess they were never even worth 
The paper they were written on...
One between us and Andy our personal trainer
Signed by both the guys and yet
What does it matter if one decides 
Not to honour their word: so sad a world 
That we live in today when people choose
Not to be honest: to forget their word
As after all a man is only as good as his word...
Another between two cousins
A supposed loan that was to be paid back
In instalments: every fortnight for 5 years
So much for an agreement...
Even between family members
Damien was supposed to pay
Ten percent of all sales: signed his name
But never paid a cent: thanks a lot mate
This paper was signed on the 19/8/1988

Cars old and new

Found all the paperwork today
For all the cars we've owned
Over the years we've had a few
Most were old: only one or two new
I remember the Mitsubishi Magna
The first new car we ever had
It had so much room inside
Still recall the TV advertisement
The remote controlled aeroplane
Landing in the back of it...
That was back in 1987 
When we moved up to Sedan
We traded it in for our first Toyota in 1991
We did have another old Toyota in 1990
But only for a couple of months...
We had an old Mazda in 1994
An old Holden Gemini in 1996 
An old Holden Camira in 1997
All these were second cars 
For me to drive the kids to school in
The second-hand burgundy Toyota in 1994
And finally the new Toyota in 1995 
When we knew we were having Michael...
The second hand Cressida for work and
The second hand Toyota I got in 1997
And finally the one I have now
Another Toyota: I guess it shows one thing
I like driving a Toyota: used to them 
Getting too old to change now...

Solar Hot water

We bought a Solahart hot water system
Way back in 1994 to save on electricity
It was a 302Jk model with the water tank
Fitted up on top of the roof: heavy when full
We never thought much about it: all okay for years
Until our builder friend said it needed support
"Your roof's buckling underneath the weight"
Sure enough the old roof as collapsing
Buckling under the weight of all that water
We rang the company but they didn't want to now
So we rang the council and the builders
We got several quotes from an engineer too
Finally we took the company to court
For failing to strengthen the roof supports
Our house was almost 100 years old
It was built in 1912 and was obviously 
Not made to hold a huge weight upon the roof
We were so thankful that it had not collapsed
We could have been badly injured by its collapse
Thank you Lord for sending Rob to see the problem
Thank you Lord for keeping my little family safe!

Off the horse

She fell off old Red
Landed awkwardly
On both her hands
And hurt her face
My poor little girl
Was in so much pain
The doctor said
"Into hospital with you
We'll have an x-ray too"
We found she had 
Fractured her left wrist
Had a plaster put on
Doctor Drever took care 
Of our precious girl
Almost ten year old
After two nights 
In Angaston hospital
She was discharged
Our girl was home again
Thank God for the insurance
She received $450 
To put into her bank account
To compensate for her 
Pain and suffering
The accident occurred 
On 6th March 1995

Hotel Intercontinental

We decided to stay at the Hotel Intercontinental
That we used to visit many years ago
Way back when the kids were very young
It was a stroll down memory lane that became
A blessed time for us all: a short holiday of sorts
Back then it was called the Hyatt Regency
Back then we were all so much younger too
Ah the memories that came flooding back
The time we met John Farnham in the elevator
He was on his "Whispering Jack" Tour
We would be going to his concert at Adelaide Oval
My girls were very young to be sure...
I would have asked for his autograph...
If I had any hands free but alas it was not to be 
I was carrying two year old Shelley in my arms
Six year old Vanessa holding my hand by my side
The elevator doors opened and in he strode
Two big bodyguards at his side: he was sweet
He complimented my girls and even called Vanessa
A 'cutie" or something similar: she blushed beet red
Was not happy with what he'd said: we laugh at it now...
We swam in the pool up on the pool deck
Remembering those days when Nana Lindy (Evelyn)
Would swim with us too: enjoying the peaceful times...
The gym membership at Executive Choice Fitness
Becoming friends with Rob and Pam and their daughter Shae
Our two birthdays just days apart: Rob's on the 29th March
Mine just two days later on the 31st: two Aries people...
We both liked green and purple at the time
We celebrated our birthdays with a meal on The Buffalo
The restaurant ship at Glenelg that year...
What sticks in my memory too about her birthday...
On the 20th of June: Vanessa's is the 20th: Shelley's in June...
We took a stroll around the gardens on level's 5 and 13
Though no water flowed it was good to stroll across the bridge
Shelley even remembered the texture of the wooden railings...
Michael wasn't even born then: he came a few years later
I still recall the workouts at the gym when I was pregnant
Trying to give him the best possible start in life that we could...
We had dinner at the Shiki restaurant for my birthday
Another memory: for Shelley had been before: a few years ago
Even the room we stayed in was amazing: it was the same one 
That Shelley had stayed in for her prom night just 8 years ago...
The views from the window looking out over the river Torrens...
So many things have changed: the new Torrens footbridge
The Adelaide Oval upgrade: the huge TV screens for advertisement
On the other end we saw the new Royal Adelaide Hospital building
The huge "Cheese Grater" which will be the Hospital research centre
Ah so much has changed and yet it is the same...
We upgraded to the Club Lounge level so we could enjoy 
The lovely afternoon teas: later the canapes and drinks
Though there was no Banana bread like 20 years ago
It was still amazing to recall the days we spent there
The time Shelley got her fingers caught in the elevator door
The look upon her face as she caught her breath, then screamed
The picnic basket we ordered from the restaurant 
So we could have a picnic with Auntie Debbie by the Torrens...
Just now I recalled the times I ran around the riverbank
During my exercise sessions: determined to lose weight 
Determined to get fit: the run up Montefiore Hill in 2:06 secs
The laps in that tiny pool: the runs around the river front
The runs up the stairs: being timed by the trainers
Kerran, Grant and Andy: our torturers: pushing us
I even managed to get Henri Leconte's autograph in the gym
And Ruth Cracknell's while enjoying the club lounge long ago...
After Michael was born we did return; he recalls getting lost
In the elevator: he got in and took off with other people
We had to try and find him before panic set in...
The adventures that our whole family had over the years
Running up and down the stairs: the sauna in the gym
The day Barbie lost her bathers and how they were found
Pinned to the notice board: in the gym: with the note
Found: pair of ladies bathers: slightly shrunk: please apply within...

My Lord is near

Do you hear what I hear?
Can you see what I see?
Do you know what I know?
Do you feel what I feel?
Are you ready to go home?

Does the Christ call you?
Is He there for you?
Do you hear His voice?
Do you feel you have no choice?
But to follow after Him

Theses days are so important...
They pass from day to night
So very quickly: it is darker already
The time is almost upon us...
Soon: He is coming in the clouds... 

Smorgasbord of life

Life is a smorgasbord
So many choices to be had
The good, the bad, the ugly
The options are all displayed...

Which way will you choose?
Which path will you follow?
How do you really know?
Where a choice will truly lead?

Does it make you feel happy?
Does it benefit your soul?
Does it lift you up higher?
Does it give you sole control?

Weigh up the ever finer balance
Define the choice: is it greed?
Is it to your benefit: or to others?
Is it better to suffer long: or concede?

Life is a smorgasbord
So many voices to be heard
The honest, the cruel, the indifferent
The many faces of life are displayed...

Battleground

Your life is your journey
Your life is your battleground
You choose your own path
You choose where you go down!

Which path will you choose?
The past: pain, regret
How can I do it for you?
If you do not: I cannot: it's true!

Your life is your journey
Your life is your battleground
You can choose the future
You can choose the past...

Which way will you go my love?
Will you choose heaven above?
Which way will you wander?
Up above or below: over yonder?

River of bitterness

Bright lights, big city
You set this life on fire
But though He loved brightness
It was darkness won the hour

The battle was lifelong
The pain never went away
But though I sought to deliver
Dragged still into that dread river

River of bitterness: 
Though I called: it demanded his soul
So was he tossed and turned
So was he loved: but spurned
The light...

It was too bright: too bright
That blessed river of light
He turned his back
Soon showed his lack: of faith
It was all too much
His poor life and such
It would never
Could never be the same...

Dragged down by his past
I tried to uphold him
But it could not last...
He was drawn to the darkness
He was ever under it's control
So: though I battled...
It was up to him: he decided
Whom he would allow control...

So he was dragged down
Through that river of bitterness
It condemned him to hell
I fought for him: but it was never
No: it was never ever
In my control...

Your life is your own
I have no power to condemn
I have no power to control
It's all up to you 
You must choose your master
You must choose for your soul...

Lifeline

I'm hanging on
To my lifeline
I'm hanging on
To: your hand...

Dear Lord: you 
Are my saviour
You are my all
I am at your command

I'm hanging on
To my lifeline
I'm hanging on
To: your word...

Dear Lord: you
Are: my joy: unceasing
Your words: my blessing
I am yours to send

I'm hanging on
To my lifeline
I'm hanging on
To: your light...

Dear Lord: your 
Brightness never dims
I am shining for you
I am yours to defend

I'm hanging on
To my lifeline
I'm hanging on
To: your promises...


Dear Lord: your
Words are power
Those words never end
I am yours till the end

Parkour

I heard my grandson: say things
Words that have no meaning to me
I guess it means I'm getting older
I guess he's growing up but
Still I wonder at this life

So "parkour" is a way of life
Action packed: they never lack
Momentum: attention focused
Upon the track they find
Up a building; over the edge
Climbing quickly up a ledge

Then I see the others: oh no
They shouldn't really do these things
But I guess they simply "Have to"
Those epic fails on U-Tube
Those moments: we watch: we cringe
So many try to copy them
But oh the problems: unhinged
They tumble: they fall: for what?
To show they are able: to show they can!

Oh the pain that is delivered
The shame: caught on film
But they love to laugh the loudest
Those who simply cannot resist
The temptation: the rush: the blush
They catapult over the ledges
They jump over obstacles
But sometimes they really miss
Crushing all of their bits: their ...

What is it with today's youths?
Why do they have to stumble in?
Following everyone else's turn
They fall: wallow in pain: unimaginable!

I need you

In times like these
I need you
When sadness flees
I need you still
In times of sorrow
Maybe tomorrow
When I'm down at heart
On my knees
I need you
As daylight dims
Through all my whims
Can't be alone
Can't call on the phone
Need that connection
Deep introspection
Through all of these
I need you
So stay by me
Come closer even maybe
Come live within
Help overcome all sin
Dear Lord of heaven
I am lost
Without you...

Twangers: headaches

When the headache from hell implodes
When pain becomes unbearable
She comes to me to save her soul
Begs me for release: her only goal
Those twangers are just everywhere
Like massive rubber bands: stretched
All throughout her head and in her hair
They tighten just like a tourniquet
Around and around they twist and tear
The tears they come...cannot be dammed
As pain radiates and seeks to jam
I call them twangers because they seem
To stretch and move and come alive
As my fingers follow those painful routes
I feel them shift and bulge and then
As they finally relax just a little bit
It's like the pain has moved along again 
So I follow after: chase those centred pieces
My thumbs massage: my finger tips 
Feel as I move along their lengths of pain
Chase those tendrils deep in again
It's like they are alive and have to escape
They try to run away but I chase them down 
Until at last there is peace again
And as my hands demand a rest 
I feel we have been truly blessed 
For we have conquered: we have won
Until the time when those twangers dance 
Then we have to do it all again
The dance of life is never quite the same
But heroes come to take on the pain
Thank you Lord for these strong hands...

Reminiscing about teen years

Spent the last few days
Reminiscing about my life
About being a teenager
Trapped within a shell
Is this what today's teens?
Are facing now...somehow...
Are they suffering the same hell?
Has life changed very much?
Since we were that young?
As adults do we forget
What it was like 40 years ago
Do we look at today's teens?
And compare them to our teen days
Are we less forgiving now?
Or are we just the very same?
As our parents were to us
Do we shake our heads and sigh...
Do we think to wonder why?
Ah this life we live has been so...
Up and down like a roller coaster ride
Life goes on and another group of teens
Come flying down life's track
Thinking to change the whole world
Thinking make up for their parent's lack...

40 year Reunion

It's been 40 years since high school...
Has it been that long since I felt a fool?
Back in those days: at 17 I was not cool
No: no way: let me explain to you
At 17 I was terrified of looking odd
I was too scared to say boo in class
I was too shy to apologise for my mistakes
I was going through so much inner angst
Hated my gold tooth: the way my ears stuck out
Hated so many things: that was me: no doubt!

Today I talked to my old teachers
Today I chatted away: like it was great
But you know: inside: I did feel a little odd
Like I was travelling back in some machine
To those days where my memory has been 
Trapped in a limbo of my own making
To those teenage years so very long ago
To those awful times where time stood still
Where I was that silly little girl: what a fool!
Today: 40 years later on: does it matter?
Are any of those thoughts still valid?
No: not one silly thing from those days
Is relevant to me in this day: so much later on!

How tragic: how sad: that we must sometimes live
A life: less than what ever it was we expected...
A life that was dished out to us along the way
Without: truly: ever really having a say...
About how we thought our life should go
About what it was that we dreamed of long ago
Don't we all just dream of happiness: of wealth, fame
But is our reality...ever only anything but a game?
How we played: how we lived: how we survived...
Is this all that we have as our claim to fame?
Is it only ever about the choices that we made...
The paths we chose to take along the way...
Can we look back: upon anyone else: lay the blame?

It is all up to us: but to our shame: as teenagers
We are trapped within that teenage body: teenage soul
We feel we have no actual control: we are dragged along
Grasped within fate's clutches: do we believe in ourselves?
No way! We forget what it was like way back then
We forget how we felt when things were tough
Today as an adult: how many of us actually remember?
How it honestly felt back then: how we sighed...
How we felt: how we cried out into the skies
How we sought to understand the way of life
Those awful teenage days: so full of strife...
I admit I was lost in those darkest of days
Desperate to find my way: to find a decent life...

Now as I honestly look back at that teenage me
As I look into the mind of that terrified teenage girl
Now: as I try to understand that scared crazy world
I have finally come to realize that I have been...
Blaming others...for my problems...for my pain
Yes: I was lost because I was in so much pain
What my cousin did to me as a little child
Set me upon a different path than I would have liked
That early guilt: that feeling of being less than complete
Turned me into a reclusive: shy: terrified teen
I was afraid to open up just in case I was hurt again
I was trapped inside a life I thought I must deserve
For surely it was something that I had done wrong

I prayed today

I prayed today for comfort
I prayed today for strength
For my dearest Lord and saviour
I feel I have very little left

I prayed today for forgiveness
I prayed today for tears
For my dearest Lord above
I continue to be surrounded by your love

I prayed today for peace
I prayed today for serenity
For my dearest Lord in heaven
I would continue this work you've given

I prayed today for blessings
I prayed today for good cheer
For my dearest Lord and saviour
You have adopted me into your family

I prayed today for the Holy Spirit
I prayed today for the angels dear
For my dearest Lord in heaven
You send them to love and comfort me

I prayed today for many people
I prayed today for your forgiveness for them
For my dearest Lord I know they are lost
Upon this rocky road that leads to thee

I prayed today for faith
I prayed today for zeal
For my dearest Lord and saviour
There are so many broken hearts to be healed

I prayed today for continued health
I prayed today for vitality
For my dearest Lord in heaven above
It is only through you that we can win

I prayed today for your words to give
I prayed today for your light to share
For my blessed heavenly father
There are so many who don't yet care

I prayed today for long suffering
I prayed today for endurance too
For though I know you are coming
Still there are many trials to get through

I prayed today for my love so far away
I prayed today for the Lord to give him strength
To give him courage to endure 
All that must yet come his way

I prayed for all my family
I prayed for everyone under the sun
For so many struggle yet
To come to worship the father and the son

I prayed for love and comfort
I prayed for peace and power
For much is yet to come upon us
As we labour hour by hour

I prayed for acceptance
To understand your blessed will
Dear heavenly Father: thank you 
For adopting me into your heavenly family
For making me an heir with Jesus
For granting me forgiveness
For my sins already gone
I thank you Lord for 
Showing me how much more
We must endure and overcome 
In thy blessed name...
Amen

In Christ

In Christ: your sins are forgiven
In Christ: You are free from
Guilt and condemnation...
In Christ: You have the Power
Of the Holy Spirit...
To give you power over sin...
You have been adopted 
Into God's family...
You are His child...
Specially chosen by Him...

This is not a process of determination
But a process of realization...
Realization of who you are...
In Christ!

Play date

Had a great date with my little man
At Glenelg today: after Kindy too
All those things we got to do
So much fun I'm telling you
Lunch at the Orange Spot Bakery...
Fun at the playground too...
A nice walk around the park...
Checked out The Buffalo...
Walked around the lock...
Checked for fish in the Marina...
Found the Telstra shop...
Walked up the escalator just to see
Where it went: he said yippee! 
A warm/hot chocolate at Kicco Coffee
Banana bread as well you know
That was his favourite: so yummy!
Then we drove up to the school
Collected big brother Santiago!

The same Moon shines

The same moon shines down upon us all
No matter where it is we make our stand or fall
If we turn around and look up to enjoy the view
It is so much better: to be together: I'm telling you

Stroke of illness

My brother has had a stroke
It is sad: it is no joke
He's not even sixty years
Has led a solitary existence
He hasn't had much of a life
Never been married: has no wife
At least he has a son who's grown
Some seeds he has already sown
Lost the love of his life
Just a few years ago you know
But now I worry for him too
Along with mum and dad
Too many illnesses coming through
Dear Lord I feel so alone it's true
What am I going to do?
More prayers must come from me
It is the only way for me to see
Into the future: my Lord sets me free
So...as long as there is breath in me
I will pray...I will ask my Lord for help
To Him I give up all my fears
To Him I surrender up everything
For in Him I trust implicitly...

We got the results of the CT scan
He has not had a stroke at all
How could they get it so very wrong?
All that: worry for the past weeks
Only to find out he had
A massive sinus infection...
Up dated on Tuesday 31/03/2015

Ten things

Remembering Heath Ledger in
"Ten things I hate about you"
The poetry that comes to mind
The lists of things about love that rhyme
Well this is the list that comes to me
About my love and how it came to be
I asked the universe to provide
A love unlike any other that is true
I said "Please would it be too much?
If I could feel a lover's touch..."
Is it that difficult to find a love?
Who comes from heaven up above?
I asked for sunshine in his smile
And maybe even some happiness
Yes please; let us be truly blessed
A companion to see out my latter years
Someone to hold my hand...
Someone with whom to share my joys
Someone to calm my fears...
Someone who could maybe: wipe away my tears
Someone musical I did also request
Ah then would I feel truly blessed
A man who loves his Lord just like I do
Is this how to find a love that's true?
A man who calms little children's fears
A man who loves animals just the same
Someone who sees me just as I am
Ah dear Lord: is there such a man?
Yes these things I asked of you...

Blowing in the wind

Caught at the lights
My window's down
Sudden gust blew through
Dry leaves, crackling sound
Tiny spots of rain came in
Upon that quickly gusting wind
As I looked around, frowned
Summer's over: autumn's bound
Soon enough winter's in
Season's changing already
My thoughts turned inward
My heart: concerned: leapt
The times they are a changing...

Friends and angels

Friends accept you for who you are
Friends accept your craziness
Friends don't care about your looks
Friends don't care about your weight
Friends are there when you need them
Friends are there just to listen in
Friends know when to speak or cry
Friends are there for all your lows
Friends are there for all your highs
Friends are like the breezes that blow
They come and yes they also go
For God knows just what you need
He sends you friends and angels too
Sometimes they interact it's true
Touch your hand and tell you true
No matter where you go or why
They come to help you through the night
I have friends and angels too
They are around whenever I am blue
They just seem to materialise
Whenever those tears start to slide
Then I know that I am never alone
For my friends/angels come, sit beside
I feel their presence: am never truly alone!

Feeling Thankful

Feeling thankful...
For my family and friends. 
Thankful for being able to share a smile 
With friends from around the globe...
Thankful for the precious cuddles 
I get from my grandchildren...
Thankful for waking up with a smile on my dial...
Thankful for being able to get up 
And go to the shop if I need something...
Thankful for having a telephone
So I can communicate with friends
And loved ones no matter how far apart we are...
Thankful for simply waking up 
And remembering that I am 
Living in the lucky country...
Thankful for being able to choose 
Where and when I go to church...
So far...
For times they are a changing...

Smile through the tears

Got to smile...
Through the tears...
For you know...
All through the years...
God is with us...
To allay our fears...
He has saved us all...
By taking our sins to the cross...
He suffered for our loss...
All we need do...
Is thank Him...

In Sync

We think alike
We think the same
Words come flying
I say: hey I was 
Just about to say that! 
It's uncanny: amazing
We are synchronised
We think alike
It's really cool!
Yes we are 
Definitely in sync!

Up the garden path

Vanessa has planted a beautiful garden
A huge variety of plants and flowers
Colourfully arranged along the fence
In amongst the flowers: a path she laid
For the children to traipse along upon
To explore the pretty garden she has made
The slate pieces are laid along the centre
A winding way amongst the greenery
Right in the very middle you see
Simply because she remembered 
That garden dear Nana Lindy made for her
When she was young with her sister Shelley
It is so precious to see the boys and Evaleah
(Santiago and Zecarias) wandering through
And just a wonderful to see both dogs too
Exploring that veritable jungle: Amy and Kachirii
Walk along that jungle path as well
Following it from end to end all along that fence
Yes it is so much fun you see
To go up that garden path: oh yes it is
Designed for fun and happy smiles 
As the sun shines down upon their heads
Exploring and having fun every single blessed day!