Details: Clip it up by simply Renee
‘Twas the night before Card Swap and all through the room,
the stress was as high as the bright midnight moon.
The stockings weren’t hung they were still in the attic!
because Card Swap was coming putting life in a panic.
The kids are going wild like Monkeys in a tree,
And our Husbands are saying, “You spent HOW MUCH money?”
And yet—there we sit in our Jammies - our hair in a bustle
cutting and gluing in a really big hustle!
The WHOLE WORLD is now waiting until Card Swap is through.
NO laundry --- NO cooking --- “NO whoopee for you!”
And just when the pressure seems it is going to burst
You finish and say, “Mine’s going to be the worst!!”
But you pack up those cards and you head on your way
And sometimes even wonder if there’ll be drama that day.
But as soon as your feet step through that door
It’s as if magic sparkles fall down to the floor.
And with them they take all the worries and care
and all we can see is creative flair.
The laughter, the snorting, the stories, the tears,
Now THAT’S why we’ve been here so many years.
It’s not the stress or the cards or the hullabaloo
It’s that sprinkle of magic you find with so few.
Ya know it’s funny, our journey. It’s brought us to eight.
We’ve been blessed, we’ve been lucky, or just call it fate.
But whatever it is-- that feeling will stay
Deep in our hearts ‘til we’re old and we’re gray.
-written by: Amanda Henderson
