© August 2012 Sigrid Saradunn
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Auntie sang nightly
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songs to sooth and quiet
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sandman brings sweet dreams
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sandman brings sweet dreams
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day is done, gone the sun*
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all thru the night **
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* from “Taps” lyrics by Horace Lorenzo Trim
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Day is done, gone the sun
From the lakes, from the hills, from the skies
All is well, safely rest;
God is nigh.———————————————————-
| ** from “All Thru the Night” written by written by Edward Jones . |
Sleep my child and peace attend thee,
All through the night
Guardian angels God will send thee,
All through the night
Soft the drowsy hours are creeping,
Hill and dale in slumber sleeping
I my loved ones’ watch am keeping,
All through the night
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daily routine
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ritual of love for years
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She doesn’t know me
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She doesn’t know me
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over fifty years of marriage
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I’m the hired hand
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I’m the hired hand
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daily ritual of love
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she likes me ~ I smile
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I knew this couple, many, many
years ago, and this is what the
husband told me when I asked about
life had been like at home before the
transfer to an assisted living apartment.
His wife didn’t seem to think anything
unusual about being cared for by the
hired hand. She told me that “the man”
(what she called her husband)
wasn’t her husband as her husband was
“much younger and very handsome.”
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The sun usually rises over this school…this is last night’s sunset…gorgeous, spotted thru the front door window.
photo © 2013 Sigrid Saradunn
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sunset in east
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glorious red and gold
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where sun rises: how, why.
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siggiofmaine 