"Pray for good, look for worse,"
Aunt Millie preached as she
walked to church
in her blue dress,
carrying her pocketbook.
Overweight and bow-legged
down the highway
and over the hill.
--
Her mantra is as applicable today as it was then. In the 1980's Millie was enjoying her retirement. It wasn't a great time economically here. The Steel industry was going bust, and also the pottery where she spent 40 years of her life would soon also go belly up. But Millie spent her days in good spirits. She attended to odd jobs at the house, or puttered in the garden, ending the afternoon on the porch with a few beers. She never had all that much, but it didn't matter to her. The things she DID have are what counted. I came across her old bible recently. In the front, on a blank page, I saw the beginnings of her last will and testament. Her short list of belongings included, of all things..... her roaster. I can't imagine too many wills mention a roaster. It must have meant a lot to her.
Aunt Millie preached as she
walked to church
in her blue dress,
carrying her pocketbook.
Overweight and bow-legged
down the highway
and over the hill.
--
Her mantra is as applicable today as it was then. In the 1980's Millie was enjoying her retirement. It wasn't a great time economically here. The Steel industry was going bust, and also the pottery where she spent 40 years of her life would soon also go belly up. But Millie spent her days in good spirits. She attended to odd jobs at the house, or puttered in the garden, ending the afternoon on the porch with a few beers. She never had all that much, but it didn't matter to her. The things she DID have are what counted. I came across her old bible recently. In the front, on a blank page, I saw the beginnings of her last will and testament. Her short list of belongings included, of all things..... her roaster. I can't imagine too many wills mention a roaster. It must have meant a lot to her.
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I love the Millie poems and stories. They're my favorites.
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