Hi John,
I adore everything about this poem; I love the title, although in the beginning I couldn't see how you were going to tie it in, but of course you did...spectaculary;) And the photo you chose is spot on.
Why is it I wonder, that throughout life, we accumulate, "Too big a house and too many things
To feel comfortable"?
It's all so unnecessary. As I age, and perhaps Brian's 'condition' adds to this, I fully understand how less is more; by coming to Mexico and getting rid of everything, we've found simplicity again...and each other.
"Well that, and a bunch of other things." Love this last line!
Another keeper sir! Thank you and Cheers:)
Thanks, Lynn - It's so true - I used to be a real pack rat always keeping old things we replaced, just in case - even the boxes they came in - Okay, I still do that, but I'm getting better, lol. One day when Deb was giving something away to one of our kids she said, "It's just stuff." Of course it is, but it takes a lifetime to realize that. She's quicker on the uptake than me, but everyone wants to go back to the simplicity of their beginnings, and we can all do that - as you say, find simplicity and each other :)
hahaha of course it's just stuff, but it's my stuff !! And we women often are a little 'quicker on the uptake' , just ask your wife, I'm sure she'll concur :)
I meant to ask, does Deb really want to go to BC? Is that where she is from originally? Hope that's not too nosy; just curious. Brian and I are both from Ontario, but spent our adult lives in BC. Nostalgia makes us think of moving back 'home', but the winters there keep us realistic :)
my youngest son lives there and just had a baby, but our other two children are here and we have grand kids here as well. Deb loves the mountains and nature - well, she's a countrygirl and spent her childhood each summer up north so it's a natural, but where we are is beautiful too - we have the Bruce Trail and waterfalls enough for a million photos, lol.
Ahhh torn by the babies! My mother always gives me heck for moving so far away:)
Don't tell me you're near Ball's Falls/St. Catherines are you?
Deb knows it - but we're Waterdown - literally hundreds of waterfalls :)
Hence the name :)