Open the Champagne

Another year ends
Tonight gives way to next year
Open the champagne

Gum Smacking

Smacking, snapping gum
Such an annoying habit
Please chew with mouth closed

Barking at Neighbors

Why are you so bad?
I love you, mutt, but you're loud -
Barking at neighbors.

Now You're a Daddy

A new baby born.
Congratulations, old friend!
Now you're a daddy.

This is for my friend Scott "Bull" Hullender who became a Daddy this week (12/26/2007)

Thank God for Nurses

Thank God for nurses.
Funny, caring, stern, smiling.
They take care of me.

Upcoming Appointment

Doctor tomorrow.
I wonder what he will say?
What surgery awaits?

Too Much Holiday Togetherness

A day of feasting
Way too much togetherness
I'm glad to be home

Thoughts on Christmas Eve

Significant date
A day pregnant with meaning
Birth of Jesus Christ

Tower O' Chocolates

I received a gift
Full of warm wishes and love . . .
Chocolate covered.

Christmas Memories

A sweet, smiling face
A warm, comforting embrace
Christmas memories

Awesome Gift

What an awesome gift!
No other shall surpass it.
My friend knows me well.

Insurance Infuriation

Infuriation:
Realizing your insurance
Won't cover something

Blah-ku

Um . . . I could care less
About writing this haiku
On this evening

Hypochondria

Hypochondria
Every little ache and pain
Sends me overboard

Unmailed Cards

Unmailed cards to friends.
It's a week before Christmas.
Save them for next year.

Ravenous Buyers

Shopping for presents:
Delight turned to torture by
Ravenous buyers.

Ratatouille

How very stupid:
A cartoon about a rat
Cooking French cuisine.

Anesthetic Haze

Anesthetic haze
My surgery . . . a failure
Try again next month

Cancer, Stay Away!

Say a prayer for me
Friday I have surgery
Cancer, stay away!

Gross Kitchen

Bumbling kitchen staff
Chef Ramsay lays down the law
What a gross kitchen!

Yep, I'm watching Kitchen Nightmares right now.

Marketing Budget

Marketing budget
Tedious, essential task
Haunted by dollars

Standard Question

Pre-op testing day.
Do you have a living will?
This crap just got real.

I have had a couple of surgeries/procedures in the last year and half. I know the "living will" question is just standard procedure, but it still freaks me out. If you pray, say one for me. I am having an outpatient thing this Friday to ensure my cancer isn't back. I don't think it is, but hey - I'm not a doctor, so who knows!

Allergies

Pounding, throbbing pain.
Eyelids heavy, weary ache
Allergy attack.

Small Child

Small hands grasp my hands.
A small voice tells me stories.
Small child . . . my big joy.

December 7, 1941

So many lives lost
USS Arizona
Rests in Pearl Harbor

Tinnitus

My ears are ringing
I hear high-pitched, siren screams
But no one else does

Oscar Hixon

I never knew you.
Grandfather, you died so young.
I wish we had met.

Anonymous Towns

On the road all day
Watching cities speed by me
Anonymous towns

You Need Surgery

"You need surgery,"
The doctor said calmly with
Concern in his eyes.

My Friends

My friends pray for me.
When I am the most afraid,
We petition God.

Best Laid Plans

An inconvenience:
My illness gets in the way
Of my best laid plans