1965--2009

1965--2009


I mailed out a few new Christmas cards
I slapped a stamp on all
But when I came to Mary's
I thought perhaps I'd call;
But I decided to deliver her card
Along with a small gift
And so I spent my Saturday
Driving through a few snow drifts.

The winds were wild, the roads were white
As I left my home in town
Headed down the highway
Wearing a smile instead of a frown;
The printed directions lay still beside me
As I warmed the big car
I glanced at my watch
& had no idea it would be so far.

After the shopping malls and the airport
I had the road to myself
But it was snowy slippery
And I wished I were an elf;
The radio softly played all my favourites
And the car hummed along
Loving my sense of adventure
I opened my mouth & sang the songs.

An hour later, at their busy Firehall
Many cars parked outside
I asked a lady where Mary lived
She pointed where people had died;
"Just past the Cemetery
Third house on the left".....
I felt a child's excitement
As I barely could catch my breath.

But the man who answered the doorbell
Wasn't Ross at all
This guy was old, short & fat
I knew Ross was nice & tall;
But he smiled at me in his velvet robe
Straight from the shower, he said
And I wondered to myself
Did he say that his name was Ted?

I rang the next doorbell and waited
As I recalled 1965
Mary & I both new mommies
My daughter barely alive;
Just 17 years old, we were
And time has passed us by
But when they opened that door
Time was just a blink of the eye.

She was baking some ginger cookies
Ross was sitting close by
Five dogs welcomed me with kisses
Surprise, surprise, surprise;
Mary & I went to the Christmas Tea
And laughed and reminisced
She is a special Angel
And we hugged, laughed and kissed.

True friendship never fades or dies
We picked up as before
15 years since I'd seen her
But our babies are now 44;
We wondered where the time went
As we laughed, hugged and sighed
And on the way home on the radio
"O HOLY NIGHT" made me cry.