Come on Body Don't Fail Me Now
I Just Want To Get Out Of Bed
My back is stiff
Probably, it is from....
No, I know what it is from
Standing all day yesterday
When I am on my feet too long
I pay for it
There is no doubt about it
My knee also can be a jerk
I try to stretch both out
I begin to talk myself through it
That's alright
The more I do
The sooner I will get done
Groans and sighs
Dropping things and having to bend down to pick them up
I focus on the birds outside
Hopping around looking for breakfast
You never hear them complain
Out there every day
Long before me
There bodies are a lot smaller
They had to deal with the cold winter
I begin to stretch
Lifting my feet instead of a slide and shuffle
I begin to rub my arms and my shoulder
Sore they be
I am not getting any younger
Then again I have had years of activity under my belt
I am seasoned like an old frying pan
Ready to do my best
Now my eyes go from slanted shut to wide awake
A few deep breaths
What is this beautiful air in my chest?
My wife asks can you do me a favor?
Sure
She wants me to grab her something in the other room
She says thank you
Your welcome
I do it out of love
It is easier for me to get it
Even though I am not feeling my best
So with breakfast inside my body
I am ready to get dressed
I put on my fancy clothes
Not true
Why must I lie to you
I throw on my work clothes
So I don't have to change later
I hear my wife struggling to open a bag
She gets so frustrated so easily
Come on
Hear we are in our mid fifties
What happened to us?
What will we do?
When we are in our sixties, seventies and eighties?
Then we have the sacred nineties
If we are really blessed we can make it to 100
That is a feat to achieve
After that you are on a roll
Who knows how far your body will go
I hear my wife talk quietly to herself as she is making her lunch
I can't imagine making lunch every day for kids
Like Alice on the Brady Bunch
Three boys and three girls
All those lunches every day
I hear her prep herself
Alright now
As she finishes putting her plastic containers together
One stacked on top of the other
She struggles to make room in our refridgerator
There is no room
I say let me look
My wife reminds me
These containers can not tip
After a little rearranging
I close the refridgerator door
What did you do?
Never mind what I did
They all got in there
I am afraid to open the door
I smile back at her
We heard a fire engine siren
Slowing down as it went bye
That isn't good
It means that it could be someone close in the neighborhood
I didn't see where it went
Down the street I think
Well, this is the beginning of my day
A light rain has sprinkled on the deck
I still have a odd cough
I started taking honey every morning
Allergy season is coming
I like to be prepared
The teaspoon of natural, local, grown honey
Keeps my nose from running and my eyes from watering
I like homemade natural remedies the best
So whatever is ailing you
Don't let it get under your skin
Share it here
Set it free
It might not go away
But, you feel better
Let go of the bad
Remember the good
I do this while I am eating my cereal topped off with fresh blueberries
My wife said I left presents for you
How nice, she left more dishes in the sink for me to wash
I smile and hold back my laugh
How did you did you sleep last night?
My wife asks
Good, I got about six hours
My wife got one more hour than me
Now I ready to go
I am almost done with the laptop and it is all yours
My wife opened the refridgerator door
The almost empty ketchup bottle plopped on the floor
Are we done with this?
Can we throw it out?
I reluctantly said
We should of used it last time we used ketchup
There is a little left
Why waste it
I squeezed it in high on the top shelf
I will use it next time
My wife sighs and then lets out an uhg
i come back with a sincere and honest
I can't see wasting it
Even if it is ten cents worth
My mother and father reminded me for years
How hard they had to work
Once you pay for something
If you throw it away
It's like throwing money away
Some habits I have adopted from my parents
My wife sighs
I know she is wondering if it is worth all the effort
I think good habits shouldn't be changed
My wife tends to disagree
That's how this husband and wife
Live happily