Our 2016 Holiday Poem

The holiday season

Comes just once a year,

Bringing in family

From far and from near.

So we cook and we clean

‘til we think we may drop,

An the we clean more,

Could it be we can’t stop?

Then right in the middle

Of all we must do,

We stop! And we gather

With friends, old and new.

For today is the day

To pretend it’s all done,

And to sit back and relax

and just have some fun.

This day is the day

We will celebrate you.

It’s our way to say thanks

for all that you do.

So fill up your plate
With a lot of good food.

Then pull up a seat

And let us set the mood.

Some things we will do

You may have done before,

But rest assured there

are a few surprises in store.

We shall start with a speaker

Ans some music sublime

Play a few games

And just have a good time.

And our wish is that by

Time we are through,

you will know we are thankful

for each one of you!

Thank you so much for another wonderful year of service!

Poem by

Sheryl Whisman

DeWitt County RSVP Coordinator

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