Rewind

Being chased by my shadow,
always looking behind;
Even when I think I've turned a corner,
just living my life in rewind.
Can't keep this pace up forever,
some day I'll have to slow down;
But until that day comes,
I'll keep both my feet on the ground.

2/26/2014 - ALJ

My Father’s Father

My Father’s Father was a real good man

He grew up in the Chicagoland

Fell in the love with a Polish girl

Loved her more than anyone in the world

My Father’s Father worked hard in life

Supporting his family with a butcher’s knife

Four children born including the twins

Cheering each season for a White Sox win

My Father’s Father loved to laugh and smile

Dressing up to clown around in Clover style

He served his time back in the war

A proud Navy vet and so much more

My Father’s Father was a proud man

Retirement never being part of his plan

He drove that hearse through the city streets

A more confident man you would not meet

My Father’s Father loved his family

Nine grandchildren are his legacy

Two great grandsons he met before he passed

But hopefully they won’t be the last

My Father’s Father was a Christian man

His love for Jesus spent as a Lutheran

Time at church spent in joy and cheer

Singing those hymns for all to hear

My Father’s Father is in heaven now

And we are left to go on somehow

So it’s in the hope that we know is true

That Jesus died for all and especially you

2/23/2014 – ALJ

Clover

My heart aches

With each little break

Knowing you’re no longer here

Remembrances of old

The stories you told

All the moments spent so dear

The jokes that you made

And love that you gave

Will stay with us now you are gone

Free of pain and of strife

All the worries of life

No burdens for you to hold

A blessing on earth

With such joy and mirth

Yet the best is soon to be

Together someday

In that heavenly way

You, Grandma, Jesus and me

2/22/2014 – ALJ

[In Loving Memory of Ed "Clover" Jacob]