And her short bread biscuits were simply to die for,
not to mention her sweet potato and macaroni & cheese,
and I'll never forget the Christmas Mock Crayfish,
the best ever. (Would you like some more? Yes, please!)
You have spoiled me so terribly,
(and I absolutely love it, by the way)
You went the extra yard at Christmas,
and you gave me a simply magical birthday.
(NAME) got to hear his first R rated word,
Dad used to fix everything, this time it was the brakes,
and then there was the full shaped Christmas tree,
and you should see the lemon meringue pie mother bakes.
I remember Christmas Eve when the kids opened their games,
and (NAME) stood out on the porch and cried,
and in hospital, he said that he had to get better,
he said he had a wedding to go to (but then he died).
You used to cry so much at Christmas time,
and now those shoes are on our feet instead,
because there's great sadness in our hearts,
and there's still so much left to be said.
Seattle was so very special this year,
I really enjoyed being with your family at Christmas time,
I felt the warmth, the love the bond,
and I also felt the reason in this rhyme.
Christmas was always my favourite time,
you could feel something special in the air,
and I just want to look back and remember,
because I have a memory to share.
It wasn't until Christmas of that year,
that was when I started to see a little common sense,
you came around for a chat and a coffee,
although I'll admit, things were still rather tense.
You came into the World during Christmas 2004,
but then literally, you had to take a life flight,
we all had to drive 2 hours to get there,
and that was only the start of a very long night.
And we're so glad that you were there on Christmas Eve,
because that's when (NAME) decided to do his proposing,
and it also makes us both so very happy, because,
you approve of the lifelong partner that I've chosen.
I'll never forget the 23 years of Christmas gifts,
and shopping at JC Penney will never again, be the same,
I think I'll wear her favorite green and pink shirt,
I might even wear it to a basketball game.
You came to visit me that Christmas,
but sadly, things just didn't work out,
the distance between us became our tyranny,
but we soon found what true love was all about.
And I?ll never forget our Christmas times,
especially that feeling on Christmas Eve,
Dad with his food, Mom with her vodka
and we went to sleep with a dream to believe.
By that Fall, they decided to get married,
and dreams do come true on Christmas Eve,
and their close friends and family witnessed it all,
no Santa Claus but their own dream to believe.
I remember dinner with dad after a little league championship,
I'll never forget him saying "I'm proud of you, son",
and we've had so many great hectic, stressful family times,
but at Thanksgiving and Christmas, how else does dinner get done?.
I remember one wonderful Christmas,
and I don't know how you did it to this very day,
but footprints on the roof made impressions on our hearts,
and now there's not that much left to say.
I could go on about Thanksgivings and Christmas's,
evening trips to Thrifty and the best ice cream cones,
but I really want to talk about my parents,
even though Dad doesn?t say much, when anybody phones.
Her Christmas spaghetti was legendary,
her front bedroom was where I spent my "time out",
she was often strict with me, just to be kind,
she certainly taught me what love is all about.
I remember writing you a poem once before,
if I recall, it was our very first Valentine's date,
I woke up in the middle of the night,
and put pen to paper about my soul mate.
I was nervous about going away for Christmas,
but we ended up being together on New Year?s Eve,
and I ended up becoming Reckless Stephanie,
because I found that I had a dream to believe.
I remember your wonderful Christmas gifts,
no need for wrapping with a green trash bag and a red bow,
and thanks for all those wonderful birthday sleepovers,
oh yes, there's a few other things that you should know:
You love being surrounded by friends and family,
and that's at it's truest at Christmas time,
this is when you're the happiest, hosting large family dinners,
everyone is embraced, welcomed, the words always rhyme.
The greatest Christmas stocking ever,
was not the one filled with my favourite toy,
instead, it was beautifully filled by you,
and you filled my life with happiness and joy.
You came to visit me that Christmas,
but sadly, things just didn't work out,
the distance between us became our tyranny,
but we soon found what true love was all about.
Because they were always there for us
and Christmas will never be the same again,
maybe not until we are all once more together,
some day in the future, sometime when.
I wish you both so much happiness,
and the best of what life has in store,
I wish you plenty of Christmas stockings,
and I wish you love, always and for evermore.
So from The Big Kids and The Little Kids,
(and with this poem we proudly unite),
we'd like to say a very big thank you,
thanks for being our guiding light.
You said you would love it if I would write you a poem,
but I know that you're very creative, and I am not at all,
but in anything I have ever done, you've supported me 110%,
and I am just so very glad that you made that initial call.
You wrote and read a poem at your father?s service,
and you spoke about him missing your wedding day,
and although that one line expresses so much,
it still means there's so much left to say:
acrostic poem christmas
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