An Apology Strictly Between Friends (for tea-dates still waiting to be)

For all my friends on the 

'we'll get together soon' list;

you know who you are!

Thank-you for your kind understanding

Friend, I have not forgotten you

Moments are in such high demand

And have a way of slipping through

The grasping/gasping flue of heart and hand

Like sparkling mists of diamond-sand

Friend, this is more than clanging gong

Or tinkling cymbal, when I say

We'll get together before long

And share an hour or a day 

As if Time had not slipped away

Friend, I am grateful for your love

And thankful that you understand

The tug and pull and push and shove

Of moments, in constant demand

And days that do not go as planned 

Friend, I have not forgotten you

And you have not forgotten me

Time has a way of slipping through

A week without apology

For tea-dates still waiting to be

Janet Martin

This week, fall cleaning is taking priority

because last fall and winter it just didn't happen...

My homemaking, housekeeping joy 

is in need of some dedicated organizing and polishing

and I know you all, also being homemakers and housekeepers,

 understand! And I am thankful!

To everything there is a time and season! 💖🙏