I AM ~POEM

I am from the English and Irish breed; from panned fried Idaho potatoes and steaming hot Aunt Jamima yellow cornbread.

I am from a warm cozy loving home, full of children running, screaming, laughing and playing from dawn to dusk and the smell of apple pie baking in the oven.

I am from Butterfly, Swamp, Bulk, and Common Milkweed that grow freely in fields.

I am from the fighting Irish Walls and traveling English Rumbold’s; long live the queen of England.

I am from Charles’s many, stormy, sailing voyages to Mary Hasbrouck, Dunedin, New Zealand, Shang High, Hong Kong, China, just to name a few.

My crimson blood flows deep, within for wild adventures, many travels, and the love of history.

Salvation fills my soul with one true God.

I am from the Heart of Dixie, the birthplace of Helen Keller, home of Roll Tide, singing group Alabama, from Hawk Pride Mountain, and the catfish filled singing Tennessee River.

I am a devout Christian woman who would give you her last morsel, a grandfather that loved the spirit of the drink.

Stored away in my attic are memories of letters, and pictures filled with hot cotton fields, raging ocean waves, smoke-filled mountaintops, and the deep love of family.  

What a life!