poem of the day January 8 

Unintended consequences

happen all the time

things never imagined

grown from good intentions 

come to life on love filled vines

With this age old saga fresh in mind

I want you all to know

of the life of Caring Christy

Here's her story below

She was the most

caring person 

in the whole wide world

who gave everything 

to everyone 

she touched in her field

Always making life

better for one and for all

the needy, the helpless

the short and the tall

But one day her son 

who was the love of her life

stopped drinking water 

all day and all night

Her son would not sip 

not even a drop from

a glass or a sink

until he was so dehydrated 

his life was on the brink

Christy loved him so deeply

she had to find something to do

yet every good deed she did

still did not break through

She prayed for a miracle 

that Sunday at church

and when she awoke on Monday 

her yard was covered in white

Her son ran out to play

as she watched  in delight

He began to eat all the snow

that had fallen that very day

and soon was hydrated 

in every imaginable way

She had found her solution

and with her goodness she thought

she could make it much better

with some maple syrup of course

which he really liked so much

He said "Mom I want

to drink nothing else ever more" 

And from that day on 

her son did not bend

He never drank 

anything without 

sugar again