One Thousand Gifts

1. One thousand Gifts,

three of them heard:

A piano playing,

A mother's voice,

A songbird.

2.  A Gift Outside,

Another Inside,

Are Sunlight,

Hot Cocoa,
And cookies on a plate.

3.  Three Graces Overheard,
My brother not schooled.

Mom's new blog post,
And,
Maybe going to Keys in the summer. 

4. A gift old, new, blue.

My grandmother,

My baby sister
And

Birds of blue.

5.  Something I'm reading, making, seeing.

Reading Mossflower,

Making skillet cookie.

Seeing a decorated lamp.

6.  Books in my bag.

Lemonade in my fridge.

Good memories in my heart.

7.  Three graces from people I love.

Wisdom,

Beauty,

And Kindness.

8.  Dusky light,

Surprising reflection,

Lovely shadow.

Is

 The moment before the sun goes down.

When I look in the mirror and see myself.

The moment when the sun comes up.

9. A gift held.

Passed by.

Sat with.

They are,

My stuffed Panda.

My Wall.

My sister.

10. A gift sour.

Sweet.

Just right.

Sour is lemons.

Sugar is sweet.

Put them together,

And you get lemonade.

That's Just right.

11. Three yellow gifts of fresh mercy.

Are,

Lemons,

Peeled Mango.

And Bananas.

12. A gift above me,

Below,

And beside. 

The roof above me,

The carpet below,

And the painting of the Alps besides.

                                                                    

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 13. Three gifts about myself I am grateful for.
My artisticness,
My musical talent,
And my friendliness.


14. Three startling Graces of God.
Views of my blog, fifteen,
All the beauty that I have seen,
And,
My warm jacket of green.


15. A gift given away,
Wore,
Shared,
Is,
My old clothing,
My new clothing,
And My
Bunk Bed.

16. Three witnessed Blessings,
Are,
When I ran into the Wall,
When I let the toast cook too long,
And,
Don't Brush kitty on his tummy. (ouch!)

17. Three gifts, bringing laughter,
Prayer,
And quiet.
 My joke book,
My Bible,
And all the other books I have.

18. Three gifts from God's Word.
Peace,
Prayer,
And,
Joy.

19. Three gifts that might have never been,

Are,

Me,

Us,

And the World.

20. Three gifts only seen close up,

Are,

The feathers on a Butterfly's wing,



The spots on a leaf,

And,

The swirling pattern on My Fingers.

21. A gift in sky,

In water,

And in memory.

The birds,

The fish,

And, Love.

22. A gift wrinkled,

Smoothed,

And unfolded.

Are,

Laundry that is wrinkled,

Smoothed paper that was crinkled,

A letter is unfolded.

23. Three gifts found in Christ,
Are,
Love,
Peace,
And,
Hope.

24. Three things blue,
Are,
Fresh Blueberry's that are new,
My favorite shirt that is blue,
The pond that is outside.


25. A grace borrowed,
Found,
Inherited,
Are,
Hamlet,
My old bear,
And,
My butterfly necklace.

26. A gift before dawn,
At noon,
After dark.
Are,
 Dreams,
Sunbeams,
And,
The moon.

27. Three gifts in the kitchen,
Are,
Chocolate- chip pancakes,
Bananas,
And
Whipped Cream.

28. Three graces found in friends,
Are,
Companionship,
Friendship,
And,
Love.

29. A song heard,
A soft word,
Light seen,
Are,
"I heard the bells on Christmas day,"
A soft "Goodnight" before I go to bed,
The sun shining when I wake up.


30. Three old things seen new,
Are,
Christians,
Chocolate.,
Our bodies in heaven,

31. A gift on a paper,
In a person,
In a picture,
Are,
Poetry,
Love,
And,
Art.

The end.