Sunday August 27, 2017  I DID IT

The following poem was just written after the end of an exhausting day.  In essence the project of working on the albums for my sister is completed.  I must insert the labels on the binding of each album and put in two more pages!

 

I DID IT!

Kathleen Martens

August 27, 2017

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WOW!  99.9% COMPLETED

In less than two years!

After labels and title pages

I’ll collect my wages…

 

To be free from the load

I know not its weight.

And for that matter

I neither know its fate.

 

Almost two thousand miles to go

Before it rests at home.

I wonder just how many places

In the future will it roam?

 

Five volumes of photos,

Pages jammed to the hilt!

And I am totally spent

Actually almost “kilt”!

 

But in truth I rejoice

For all the time well spent;

A tangible reward I can see

I wonder not, where my time went.

 

I hope the albums bring joy

To generations yet to come;

And not become an albatross

That one would rather shun.

 

They are heavy that’s for sure,

And a bit bulky too!

When sister sees what space they need

I don’t know what she’ll do!

 

But I will never regret the fun

Of touching each and every print

As I walked down memory lane

Meandering; never a sprint.

 

Except today I was under the gun

Because time is of the essence!

Lots to do before we leave

To deliver this lovely present.

 

But the greatest gift will be

Not for the one who receives.

But MORE TIME to pursue my dreams

Will be the personal gift I perceive!

 

I hope future generations

Will enjoy these old faces

Of a time long past

As are many of the places.