Found Language…
As the year comes to a close, and my family gathers at The Dease for fun and cheer, I gather the ‘one liners’ that roll off their lips as they buzz and chat away, laughing and enjoying each other. I invited Sarah and Katie to also gather them and come this evening we will share what got said for some evening entertainment.
Always in a group, there is one somebody that has the gift of funny with their words and somehow manages to string sentences like no other that send us all to giggles. As funny as all of us can be,(we’re a funny lot) Randie, is the man for the morning hahas’. Really, Randie has a special gift of off handed humor that is rare. It seems to be becoming shared by his eldest and it’s likely the youngest will find his way to the tradition. The day has only just begun. Let the one liners roll.
Strings of words gathered like colored lights
Wrap us like a Christmas tree in their twinkle
with festive good cheer that catches the lights off
our clear eyes while feasting our ears on each word
Rainbow stands of exaggeration hold us to the teller
for the pot at the end holds every story that needs telling
In the gold drenched glory of remembering
Pulled in spontaneously for our unwrapping
We wear our ribbons around our neck and the bows
our jester’s hat filling up with memories to be retold
In the not to long from now in our next gathering
Grateful for how family washes clean, leaving us full of our colors
Rising our Light high in and for the praise of the story
Wearing our colored lights, and ribbons and bows
that bear our traditions worthy of repeating again and again
Passing the strings of words from one to other in the ever after
Just love this Jeanne! My dad was the master of funny sayings, and I never even noticed til I moved abroad and then lived in California before moving back to Arkansas to live there for several years in my early twenties. I was astounded at the things he would say. When he was weary: “I’m tireder than a one-legged man in a butt-kicking contest!!!” And dozens more. Good for you and your nieces, collecting them. I wish I’d done the same before my father died. xoxo
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Thanks Lindsay… It’s a blast. I have the girls very invested in the fun of it. And some relatives just have a way of sayin’ the damn darnedest things.
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Wonderful, joyful, lovely!
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Thank you Linda…
xo
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