And Now You Are Ten

Posted on August 4, 2017 by Mary Jane

 

And the chimes rang out
to announce your birth.
Family clustered
in a hospital waiting room.
A long night’s vigil
waiting for news
that you had arrived.
You entered the world
surrounded by love. 
And now you are ten.
Strong, smart, capable, and caring.
A beautiful young girl
on the cusp of womanhood. 

Advertisement

About Mary Jane

I am a retired English teacher. My husband, Frank, and I have lived on Cape Cod since 2000. I am a lifelong bread baker and writer and have been posting a blog on Falmouth Patch for the last few years. Savory Seasons has been largely devoted to recipes and food in general. I am hoping to expand my focus in this new blog.
This entry was posted in General Musing, Poetry. Bookmark the permalink.

2 Responses to And Now You Are Ten

  1. JoAnn says:
    August 4, 2017 at 7:59 am

    Happy Birthday to Lauren. Lovely, accomplished, and smart. Taking after Grandpa in the photography department, too!

    >

    Reply
  2. Mary wojkowski says:
    August 4, 2017 at 8:31 am

    It’s amazing and wonderful!

    Reply

Leave a Reply

Fill in your details below or click an icon to log in:

Gravatar
WordPress.com Logo

You are commenting using your WordPress.com account. ( Log Out /  Change )

Facebook photo

You are commenting using your Facebook account. ( Log Out /  Change )

Cancel

Connecting to %s