Every morning he amuses me
Scrambling up and down the tree
Chasing his buddies
Jumping from limb to limb
Sitting on the ground
Eating from his tiny hands
His white belly glistening in the sun
He’s so cute
Until he jumps on the bird feeder
Chases all the birds away
Costing us a fortune
Dumping birdseed on the ground
That’s when I want to wring his scrawny neck
Cut off his bushy tail
And hang it on my car antenna
For all his fellow critters to see
Instead
I let the dog out
He likes squirrels
As much as I like snakes
Like a raging bull
He charges out the door
Barking and growling
His hackles sticking up
His Iron jaws clamping down
Barely missing the little guy
As he scrambles up the tree
Where he belongs
Where I wish he’d stay
Forever
But then
I’d miss all the fun
~Sandi
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So, I'm sitting here trying to figure out how to describe myself to you, and these are the words jumping up and down in my heart: I'm just a simple human being living in a complicated, messed-up world. I speak my mind. I love hard. My feelings run deep. When push comes to shove, I stand my ground. Sometimes I push back. Sometimes I walk away. I've surfed the crashing waves of life that threatened to destroy me only to make me stronger. I bear the scars of emotional rape, sadness, and depression. I've walked the golden streets of churches and religion only to be disappointed time and time again. And as a result, it's taken me seventy-five years to get where I'm sitting today; a sinner saved by grace through the blood of Jesus Christ. I fell at the cross. I repented of my sins, and Jesus saved and washed me clean. I still fall flat on my face. I still get dirty as a pig in a mudhole. And Jesus still picks me up, dries my tears, forgives me again and again, and continues walking close beside me. No one has ever loved me like that. And no one ever will.
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