I was caught off-center as I read the poetry of Helen Midgley. I’ve spent many hours reading my own journals from the past four decades in hopes of capturing accurately the emotions and events that have actually occurred during Tom’s and my search for the best medical care possible for him. My library shelves have become filled with journals and then I relegate them to the attic once again.
If your life was a story in a book you could borrow,
Would you skip through today in the search for tomorrow,
Would you open the page where your childhood came first,
Or go straight to the back and read from reverse.
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If life was begun with the wisdom of age,
Would mistakes still be written upon every page,
Would a lifetime of knowledge erase all the wrong,
Would hindsight determine the weak from the strong.
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If love was revisited again and again,
Would you search for a shelter or drown in the rain.
Would the passions ignited be nourished and fed,
Would you follow your heart instead of your head.
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If the innocence of childhood was a gift to the old,
Would you walk in the park and swing from an oak.
Would you banish the shackles of where you had been,
And never…
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Sheri Lawrence de Grom 
This is a beautiful room! I can imagine myself going in there and coming out after a year, and not even notice the time! I love the poetry and its questions posed, the challenge to go inside and seek the answers to those questions. Thank you for pointing to them.
Oh yes, all of us that love to read could simply curl up on that leather sofa and be perfectly content for a very long time.
Thanks for Shari-ing this! Leaves much to think about.
Yes, it really does.
Blew my own pun. I meant to write “Thanks for Sheri-ing this!”
John – Funny man! I got it even when you spelled Sheri with an ‘a’. I’m pretty easy to entertain.
This is one of my fantasies — a library room! And, my bed in the corner! How is everything this weekend dearest?
You’re both in my prayers Sheri. Faithfully your friend ~Debbie
Hi Debbie – Thanks for stopping in for a brief chat. Isn’t this library room the greatest. The weekend has been busy but hopeful. Tom was able to get out for a few hours yesterday for a drive with friends along a scenic highway. It was wonderful to go somewhere other than the doctor.
Debbie, you know you are in our prayers as well. Always a friend, Sheri
Wow, I love her work, Sheri, thanks for sharing!
Hope you are doing well!
Love, Christy
Christy – Thanks for stopping by. Yes, I love Helen’s work also. I think your words are an excellent sorce for all bloggers also. Keep putting your work out there and we’ll read. Love, Sheri
Thank you for sharing, Sheri. I always do enjoy Helen’s writing. 😉
Tess – Hi there. Yes, somehow Helen’s writing cut’s right to the core for me. This particular one nailed exactly how I felt as I combed through my journals deciding how to honestly relate to Tom’s and my journey thru the maze of medical care he’s needed.
Helen is a natural and the language in her poetry easy on the ears.
I’m not a poetry person but I do like reading her.
Same here, Tess. I’ve read more great poetry since I’ve started blogging than at any other time in my life and Helen is definitely at the top of my list.
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Sheri, if my live was a story in a book I could borrow, I’d not allow myself to cheat, rob myself of one single moment. For if we skip parts of yesterday, we can never arrive at this moment of today and all we have of reality is this one single moment in time 🙂 Thanks for a wonderful post.
Happy Friday evening, Florence. Flipping through my journals I find I remember some events accurately and some, not so much.