Poetry 2006-2010 will be included in this new series....

First, a poem not written by me, but a favorite poem by my lovely and deceased grandmother, Ione Brooks Newgaard:

Sometimes we watch the days go by, wishing they could last.
And we can't help but wonder why time must fly so fast.
But we can keep in memory happy moments left behind.
And we can keep our special dreams of joys we hope to find.
And if we do the best we can through everyday live.
If we consider what we have as what we have to give.
If we will try to see some good in all that comes our way,
Then we will feel contentment at the end of every day.
For then we will have mastered that very special art of
growing rich in happiness while staying young at heart.

-Anonymous