Heart, Poetic Bloomings, Panama 30

 

Day 3 in Mesa, Return Trip

 

Family of four

Valentine’s celebration

Take out of chicken, burgers and fries

 

Preparing

Packing

Parting

 

See you in four months, Lord willing.

Till then you’re in our hearts.

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Day Two in Mesa Return Trip

 

We could never imagine

when we met when our kids were small

that forty years later,

we’d plan to travel to Scotland together.

What a fun conversation we had this afternoon,

neither one of us wanting to end the phone call

Long-time friendships-- Sustenance for the soul.

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Day One in Mesa Return Trip

 

Sleep

Cook, eat

Do dishes

Play Canasta

Do some groceries

Reorganize luggage

Write a poem and post online

Buy needed electronic cords

Watch TV till two in the morning

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 Delayed Again

 

Sat in the Pheonix airport,

Delayed for three hours.

Arrived in Fort Lauderdale.

Had a wonderful cruise in Central America.

Back in Fort Lauderdale.

Delayed again.

Missed connection in Dallas.

Delayed again.

No flight till morning.

Counted the hours.

Dozed off with my backpack as a pillow.

Seven AM finally came around.

On the plane, pilot announces,

“Maintenance Issue.”

Delayed again.

Finally in Mesa with my kids.

Going home this weekend.

Next trip, three weeks later.

I hope I’m not delayed again.

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 Sitting in Ft Lauderdale Airport

 

We had an early start

The ship to disembark

And now I sit and sit and sit

And I’ll eat in just a bit

Then it will be time to sit some more

I can’t wait to go out the door

And to Phoenix I will fly

And be picked up by my son Eli

And then Hubby will be waiting

And greet me as if we’re dating

And Lori in I will play Canasta

It’s fun even though she’s the mast’ah

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Last Day

 

Packing, eating, resting

Trivia, art gallery, Splendor

Bye to Matthew the Chef

Our last day aboard the ship.

 

Then Sis is off to Lincoln

And I’m off to Phoenix

As kids, could we ever imagine

traveling the world together?

 

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Winding Down

 

Penultimate day on the Viking Mars

Splendor is a favorite pastime of ours

We also learned to paint cute toucans

And we fit doing laundry into our plans

It was Sunday and church service was great

And we heard that the Sea Hawks can celebrate

We ate meals late because I had slept in

Nine hours of sleep, what a way to begin!

Now we’re headed for our last day of vacay

We’ve got to do some packing on our last day.