In our SAGE lunch group, we are “Senior Adults Gaining Enrichment,” and the talent in our group is extraordinary. To welcome the New Year, I wanted to share a poem by one of our SAGE members. We send these beautiful words with wishes for a faithful 2018.

Snowflakes for Us

by Diane Wenger

The chill arrived up here last week
Up here in the Great Northwest
Our raindrops changed so magically
As snowflakes came to rest
Upon the land, the grasses too
Snow draped on the evergreens
The sky before me was filled with flakes
‘Twas a joy for my eyes to see

I am in wonder

Science shows us through microscope
Each flake is unique on its own
They are big-they are small
They float as they fall
I’m mesmerized standing here alone
Oh my! My heart is leaping inside
To what seems ordinary to many folks
I linger here in wonderment
As the cold reaches in to my toes

I’m enchanted by it all

Seasons come, each one anew
They remind us of ebb and flow
Lives change:  they go from this to that
Like these raindrops turning to snow
Yet every season has its reason
That’s what the sages say
While you and I, we seek we try
To make this a meaningful day

This day counts

We are like the abundant flakes of snow
You and I are each one unique
God made us thus, from one to us
Live life from sublime to oblique
For it is a gift to have a life
Clear your head of all that chatter
Live life in beauty like a flake of snow
Give heart to what truly matters.
I am every so grateful for my life!