Tuesday, July 10, 2007

Behave Your Way Into Action

Don’t wait for motivation, to drum up inspiration –
Get busy with perspiration – and behave your way to change.
Don’t wait for tomorrow, or another day to borrow –
Move beyond any sorrow – so your thoughts can re-arrange.

Don’t wait for perfect timing, or for me to stop this rhyming –
Get busy and start climbing – the ladder to success.
Don’t wait for an invitation, or the latest innovation –
Move into motivation – and settle for nothing less.

Don’t wait for a special day, to find the nerve to say –
Get busy without delay – and resolve be your best.
Don’t wait for the perfect mood, or a cosmic interlude –
Move away from the FOOD – it should be fuel, not a love-fest!

By: Debra Sue Higginbotham
July 10, 2007

Thursday, June 21, 2007

Recent Poetry

My Title
June 16, 2007

I'm a daughter, I'm a sister – I'm a mother, I'm a wife –
but these labels that I wear, shall not define my life.

I'm an in-law, I'm a cousin - I'm an Aunt, I'm a niece - -
and in the scene of my life, these roles are just a piece.

I have a job and I pay taxes – and I live in the U S of A …
yet these things do not exhaust, every thought of every day.

I am mostly a Republican – & conservative more or less –
yet how I vote does not reflect, my state of happiness.

My skin is fair, my hair is brown & my eyes are hazel green –
and if you've ever met me – I hope that's not all you've seen.

My height is short, my weight irrelevant – a supermodel I am not …
for how I look - is not who I am – not even by a long shot.

I'm a lover, not a fighter – although each has a time and place …
and if pushed, I will push back - - with a smile upon my face.

My house is never perfect – and my laundry is rarely done –
and my cooking is not exactly, described as "second to none".

But those are not really things – that get to the heart of ME …
or define me as the person - that I am always aiming to be …

Now, at the time of this verse – I am a female, age 37 –
yet such stats will not determine, if I will go to Heaven.

But if you must "sum me up", or label me with a word –
you can simply call me Christian –
the finest Title I've incurred!



I Want to GROW
Thursday, June 7, 2007

I want to grow,
I want to leap,
I want to take
the time to weep.

I want to lean,
I want to bend,
I want to blend
into the wind.

I want to reach,
I want to teach,
I want to speak,
without beseech.

I want to know,
I want to see,
I want to breathe
and be set free.

I want to seek,
I want to flee,
I want to need
the inner me.

I need to dig,
and dig in deep,
and figure out
just how to leap.


Conversations With My Children
Thursday, May 31, 2007

I told my baby, how very much he had grown …
how big he was getting – every inch – every bone.
I asked who gave permission, for him to grow his Bod,
and without hesitation – he assured me it was GOD!

My toddler asked me, in a soft exhausted voice…
“will you love me forever” – (as if I had a choice.)
“YES, my son!”, I said, without hesitation or delay,
“I will always love you – forever and a day!”

My daughter said to me, in excitement and glee …
“Look at me mommy” – “I can climb a tree” - -
and I said to her, without hesitation or a stir …
“I knew you could honey, I was always quite sure!”

My baby, who is 2, wants to tie his own shoe …
he refuses my help – so what’s a mom to do - -
I say to my child, without hesitation or doubt,
“I will wait for you, so let’s figure it all out!”

My toddler, who is 3, squeals with delight …
and asks for a kiss - as I tuck him in at night.
Without hesitation – I give him three or four,
and ask if it’s okay, if I give him just one more.

My girl, who is 10, asks hard questions now and then,
Like “why is there evil?”, and “why do people sin?”
I hesitate a bit – as I am not so sure what to say…
and so thus I reply … “honey, why don’t we pray?”

(FYI, these here are true stories)