Family

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Pastime


Grandma had a china closet.
There within the shelf
Lay some treasures she’d collected
Happiness to help

On a gloomy winter day
Out would come the tea set;
Black and shiny tea pot;
Tiny cups not full yet.

She would make a special fuss -
Bring out real sweet cream;
Pour the hot tea in our cups -
Make the gloomy bright it seemed.

Tricks with string upon our fingers -
Humming buttons too;
Soap and spool would make a bubble
With a rainbow just for you!

Folds of paper - snipping scissors,
For delighted little fans;
Such a cunning little trick
Revealing children holding hands!

How we passed the time in those days,
No arcade or movie wall
Making do with simple treasures
Blessing us as we recall.

Joan Clifton Costner
http://underhiswings0.tripod.com
http://our.homewithgod.com/inhispresence/

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