Lucille Writes

Last night while going through a box of old things I came across some notes handwritten by my Great Aunt Lucille.  Many of them are poems or small blurbs, some are funny, and almost all of them are pretty darn insightful.  I'm guessing they are things she came across in magazines or the newspaper, but who knows- maybe she wrote some of them herself.  I thought I might share some every now and then. 

This first one was written on Sunday March 22, 1981 and is titled, "Rain." 

Into each life some rain must fall

by poets we are told

That's why they make umbrellas for

the young and for the old

The fact that you are young in years

Is not a certain sign

That you'll escape the heartbreaks or

your world will always rhyme

For God somehow sees to it all that

we all will have our share

And somehow on this road of life

we'll have a cross to bear

Some folks are glad to carry it

they always wear a smile

While others make an awful fuss

and providence defile

So why not learn this simple prayer

And say, "Thy will be done"

Then you'll not need a raincoat when

your rainy seasons come

I say we all try to be the type of people who always wear a smile, because really what bad can come from it?   I thank Lucille for writing this and the others down, and I thank my Great Uncle Jimmy for finding them, taking the time to read them, and passing them over to me.  

And to those who are reading this, as Lucille always says...  "Luli loves ya!"  And Lauren loves you too.  :)