Click2Inspiration - Keepsakes

<body link="0000ff" alink="ff0000" vlink="000000" bgcolor=000033> <table width="100%" bgcolor=000033> <tr> <td align=center valign=top> <table width=90% bgcolor=ffffff> <tr> <td align=center valign=top> <tr> <td> <div align=center><p><b><font face="arial, helvetica" size=5 color=000000><b>KEEPSAKES</b></font></p> </div> <center> <table width="90%"> <tr> <td align="left" valign="top"> <div align="justify"> <p align="center"><font face="arial, helvetica" color="000000" size="3"><b>Grandpa had a basket<br> Of mementos<br> He used to look at<br> All the time<br><br> Little things<br> With great meaning<br> Accumulated over ninety years<br> Were in that basket<br><br> Before his stroke<br> Grandpa used to read us a letter<br> From the President<br> It was the basket's prize<br><br> Every visit<br> Every time<br> Every chance<br> He showed us his treasures<br><br>  Our letters<br> Our pictures<br> Our postcards<br> Were not in Grandpa's basket<br><br> Not until he went<br> To the home.<br><br> After Grandpa died<br> Mom told us<br> About the basket's additions<br><br> Grandpa wanted<br> Our letters <br> Our pictures<br> Our postcards<br> With him at the end<br><br> Heartfelt words<br> Long since sent<br> Treasured a lifetime<br> It took<br> So little time<br> So little effort<br> So little care<br> For us <br> To create emotion<br> Sustaining forever<br><br> Our marriage has its own treasures<br> Locks of hair<br> Slides of Montmartre'<br> Sanibel seashells<br> Caribbean coral<br> Grandma's fur collar<br><br> Most of our keepsakes<br> Fit in a basket too<br> ©<font size="1"><a href="http://www.bosglazier.com/caroleb2.jpg" target="_blank">Carole D. Bos</a><br> <i><a href="http://images.amazon.com/images/P/0801011310.01.MZZZZZZZ.gif" target="_blank">Marriage Is A Balance Beam</a></i></font> </div> <p align="center"><font size="2"><a href="independence_ch10.htm">GO TO LAST CHAPTER</a>   <a href="tears_ch12.htm">GO TO NEXT CHAPTER</a></p><br> </td> </tr> </table>  </td> </tr> </table>  </td> </tr> </table> </body>