thanks Archives - Rebecca McKeever

24 Nov 2013

Give and Take For Heaven’s Sake

by Rebecca | posted in: abundance, family, poetry, thanks | 0

How blessed I am to give,how wonderful you can take.I’m just glad someone can usethese things for heaven’s sake.

16 Oct 2013

It Would Have Been Easy

by Rebecca | posted in: abundance, daily poem, difficulty, ideas, meta-poetry, poetry, thanks, time, writing | 0

If I could have only seenexactly what this year would bringthis would have been easy.I could have locked myself behind a doorand written every poem beforehand.It would have been easy. But this hasn’t been easy.Have you seen how fast time … Continued

13 Oct 2013

Creative

by Rebecca | posted in: baby, daily poem, home, ideas, love, poetry, thanks, work | 1

I tell my husband my ideas; some are smart, some just wild.He says “Don’t quit your day job!” as he smiles at our child,and “Go for it! You’re home, so what are you afraid of?”I get to be a mom … Continued

7 Oct 2013

Good One, Goodell

by Rebecca | posted in: daily poem, food, hobbies, poetry, thanks, work | 0

Good one, Goodell. It works so well.Alongside McCormick, Edison and Bellyou deserve a venerable mention.Yours is one of my favorite inventions.

7 Oct 2013

Pressing

by Rebecca | posted in: daily poem, food, poetry, thanks, work | 0

With buckets of apples beginning to stack up,the need to process them becomes pressing.Freezing and thawing and mashing and pressingthat is, and then some clean-up-the-messing.

2 Oct 2013

Wow

by Rebecca | posted in: baby, beauty, daily poem, poetry, thanks | 0

Your first word was “wow!”Let’s keep that going somehow.

25 Sep 2013

Made It Happen

by Rebecca | posted in: daily poem, poetry, thanks, work | 0

Thank you for coming and making me stick with it to the end.Maybe I did it, but without you it wouldn’t have happened.Come anytime, yes, please come again.

24 Sep 2013

Surprise

by Rebecca | posted in: beauty, daily poem, family, friends, love, poetry, thanks | 0

When you wake up in the morning with a list of things to do,and a sleepy-headed husband says that there’s a gift for you,and that it’s bigger than a breadbox and that it is upstairs,and you look but cannot find … Continued

9 Sep 2013

More Power

by Rebecca | posted in: daily poem, poetry, thanks | 2

Somewhere, someone has a bigger homeand someone has a mattress with more high-tech foamand someone wears rarer pearls round their neck,and someone has more servants at their call and beck.Somewhere, someone has a sweeter ride,and someone has a safe box … Continued

31 Aug 2013

Pleasantly Surprised

by Rebecca | posted in: daily poem, friends, poetry, thanks | 0

Pleasantly surprised to findthat you turned out to be someonethat I could agree to disagree with,and that we could agree to disagree together.What are the chances thatthe tornado of life that camebetween childhood and nowwould pick us both up and … Continued

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