Our family upholds many beloved traditions
For example, after partaking in holiday dinners
Our sons have places to go and people to see ...
You see, just as their parents hold fast to life long friends
The apples of our eye do not fall far from the family tree
And since our door is always open to welcoming many guests ...
Inclusive of strangers with whom I cross paths and
Learning that they have no place to go, invite them to join us...
We are rarely short of offers to help with KP
This frees our sons to leave us after dinner
To enjoy meeting up with old friends, who, standing the test of time
Have grown to feel embraced by all of us as extended family
So after our feast off go the law students with our blessing to
Reconnect with friends from grammar school or
Buds from football or student government or
Their click from youth group or what have you ...
Anyway, you know what 'they' say about
Most accidents occurring within a mile of home?
Well though 'they' are not always on the mark ....
'They' proved right, years ago, when
I suffered injuries severe enough to warrant intensive care
And 'they' hit the bullseye, again, on this Thanksgiving night when
We receive a call (no cell phones yet), imploring us to
Drop everything and get to the scene of the crash, stat...
Which, upon arriving and leaping out of Will's car
Leaves me heartsick to see
Red lights flashing and
Squad cars swarming and
Cops taking statements while
Paramedics are working feverishly to carefully extricate
The severely injured from a mess of twisted metal
And if all of that is not enough to weaken my knees
I can barely breathe to see that
The car, which had held my precious cargo, had flipped upside down ...
Wheels spinning in the cool, night breeze ... And OMG!!! ...
While listening to what had just taken place
My brain can not even begin to process this fact ...
When the car flipped ...
My son's seat belts had not been buckled!!!
For example, after partaking in holiday dinners
Our sons have places to go and people to see ...
You see, just as their parents hold fast to life long friends
The apples of our eye do not fall far from the family tree
And since our door is always open to welcoming many guests ...
Inclusive of strangers with whom I cross paths and
Learning that they have no place to go, invite them to join us...
We are rarely short of offers to help with KP
This frees our sons to leave us after dinner
To enjoy meeting up with old friends, who, standing the test of time
Have grown to feel embraced by all of us as extended family
So after our feast off go the law students with our blessing to
Reconnect with friends from grammar school or
Buds from football or student government or
Their click from youth group or what have you ...
Anyway, you know what 'they' say about
Most accidents occurring within a mile of home?
Well though 'they' are not always on the mark ....
'They' proved right, years ago, when
I suffered injuries severe enough to warrant intensive care
And 'they' hit the bullseye, again, on this Thanksgiving night when
We receive a call (no cell phones yet), imploring us to
Drop everything and get to the scene of the crash, stat...
Which, upon arriving and leaping out of Will's car
Leaves me heartsick to see
Red lights flashing and
Squad cars swarming and
Cops taking statements while
Paramedics are working feverishly to carefully extricate
The severely injured from a mess of twisted metal
And if all of that is not enough to weaken my knees
I can barely breathe to see that
The car, which had held my precious cargo, had flipped upside down ...
Wheels spinning in the cool, night breeze ... And OMG!!! ...
While listening to what had just taken place
My brain can not even begin to process this fact ...
When the car flipped ...
My son's seat belts had not been buckled!!!
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