Hearts and Family...

Sometimes feeling a little less stressed is as easy as a humongous exhale followed up with a cup of tea...something like Bengal Spice maybe?

Sometimes life’s best soft parts are a like simple cup of tea

Because sometimes life’s best hard parts are hearts and family

We give all that we’ve got and sometimes it is not enough

And all that we can do then is to love and love... and love

Sometimes we cannot mend what we would like to fix like new

We want answers but in the end questions will have to do

The way from here to there can be quite tender and quite rough

And all that we can do is pray and pray and love and love

Love is patient and kind; it does not envy, no, or boast

It does not seek itself but looks to others first and most

And sometimes its best soft part is a little cup of tea

While we cherish love’s best hard parts of hearts and family

© Janet Martin

I’m guessing we each have our own version of ‘best hard parts’ that teach us far more about love than all the soft parts put together!