I love you. I'm glad I exist.

The Orange

At lunchtime I bought a huge orange
The size of it made us all laugh.
I peeled it and shared it with Robert and Dave—
They got quarters and I had a half.

And that orange it made me so happy,
As ordinary things often do
Just lately. The shopping. A walk in the park
This is peace and contentment. It’s new.

The rest of the day was quite easy.
I did all my jobs on my list
And enjoyed them and had some time over.
I love you. I’m glad I exist.

Wendy Cope

Don't you relish the times when you feel peace and contentment in

the simplicity of eating an orange or feeling the breeze in your hair?

Isn't that what life is composed of, anyway, hundreds and hundreds

of simple things? Bask in those lovely simple things this weekend,

dear bloggy friends. Seize that day! ~x~

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(Okay, I know, that's a clementine in the picture. I didn't have any oranges.)

Christmas Life

Bring in a tree, a young Norwegian spruce,

Bring hyacinths that rooted in the cold.

Bring winter jasmine as its buds unfold

Bring the Christmas life into this house.

Bring red and green and gold, bring things that shine,

Bring candlesticks and music, food and wine.

Bring in your memories of Christmas past.

Bring in your tears for all that you have lost.

Bring in the shepherd boy, the ox, the ass,

Bring in the stillness of an icy night,

Bring in a birth, of hope and love and light.

Bring the Christmas life into this house.

The Christmas Life by Wendy Cope

photo by willow