With An Angel On My Shoulder: Last Day of Winter

The Poem That Inspired My Subtitle

A Song for Daniel, Stillborn
by Jean Felice Eilbert (his mother)

When I held you in my arms that day
Born so still, born anyway
How was I to know to say goodbye?
No one knew just what to do
Except tell me I'd get over you
As if forgetting makes it all untrue -- a lie

But I remember to remember
I can't forget just to forget
Your memories are a part of me
Connecting me to what comes next.

And even after all this while
I think of you, sometimes I smile
Memories of my unknown child, fade slow.
I've held you in my heart each day
Life so short, life anyway
Memories are meant to say hello.

Tuesday, March 20, 2012

Last Day of Winter

(I meant to do this post last night)

Last day of winter
in Winnipeg
wearing sandals and capris?!

It was +24 C.

We had an unbelievable winter.
Hardly any snow.
Awesome temperatures.
Only a few days of extreme cold.
I don't think I plugged my car in more than 5 times all winter.

If all winters could be like this one, I'll be happy!

But I won't say we've managed to escape winter, until it's officially summer!
(remember 1997?)

2 comments:

Jenners said...: I know! It is like winter never really happened! I wonder what will happen next year?; March 20, 2012
Country Mouse, City Mouse said...: Happy Spring!

We had about 10 days of amazing weather. This week has been normal though. Tomorrow it is supposed to snow:(; March 29, 2012