Andys poems
ITS SAID THAT CHRISTMAS, COMES ONLY, ONCE A YEAR, THATS ALL WE CAN AFFORD.
BUT MAYBE, THINGS WOULD BETTER,
IF IN, OUR DAILY ACTIONS, WE WERE MORE, LIKE CHRIST OUR LORD.
I TRULY BELIEVE, THAT PEACE ON EARTH, WOULD BE CHEAPER, THAN THE WARS, WE LIVE.
WOULD NOT, THE WORLD, BE A BETTER PLACE, IF EACH OF US, JUST LEARNED, TO FORGIVE.
I WISH CHRISTMAS, COULD COME, EVERY DAY, AT LEAST FOR, A LITTLE, WHILE.
UNTIL WE LEARNED, THAT A FROWN, IS MUCH, MORE, COSTLY, THAN A SMILE!!
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These thoughts and words, are a reflection, of the following, great people, helped me, along the way
Adolph (andy) Pedersen - He taught me that there is good, somewhere, in all of God's children
Sarah Jane Pedersen - Stand up for the rights, of the rich, the poor, the lost, the truth, no matter how, difficult, the battle.
Donna West - kindness, David E. Sperry - just carry on, Morty - life is worth it.
AND LASTLY TO JUDY, why was I so lucky, to find you.
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ANDY THE MULE
by andy k pedersen.
IT WAS IN, A SMALL LITTLE TOWN, DOWN CLOSE, TO THE OCEAN'S, SHORE
THERE LIVED, A PLAIN, YOUNG WOMAN, WHO JUST, DIDN'T WANT, TO LIVE THERE ANY MORE.
SHE LIVED, WITH HER MOM, AND HER DAD, IN A NICE HOME, WITH AN OCEAN VEIW.
BUT WHEN SHE WAS THERE, MOM GAVE HER PLENTY TO DO.
SO TO ESCAPE, WHAT SEEMED LIKE, AN ENDLESS, LIST OF, THING, TO BE DONE.
SHE WOULD SNEAK OUT, THE BACK DOOR, THEN DOWN THE BEACH, SHE WOULD RUN.
WHEN SHE WAS, JUST A LITTLE, YOUNGER, HIDDEN BEHIND A BIG, BIG, ROCK,
WAS HER, BEST FRIEND, ANDY THE MULE, A HARD HEADED ANIMIAL, BUT HE COULD TALK.
THEY WOULD, SIT TOGETHER, ON THE BEACH, AND TALK, ALL THE DAY,
NEITHER, ONE OF THEM, WERE EVER AT A LOSS, FOR SOMETHING TO SAY.
THE MULE OFTEN HAD READY, A NEW STORY , OR A JOKE, THAT WAS NEVER, THAT FUNNY.
THE YOUNG GIRL, WOULD OFTEN, TELL HIM TO KEEP HIS DAY JOB, BECAUSE HIS JOKES, WOULD NEVER, MAKE HIM, ANY MONEY.
BUT THEN CAME A DAY, WHEN HE TOOK, HER WORDS, TO HEART.
FROM THAT DAY ON, THEIR FRIENDSHIP, WAS STARTING TO FALL APART.
HER FRIENDS, STARTED ASKING HER ABOUT, THAT OLD MULE,
MOST OF THE THINGS, THAT THEY SAID, WERE JUST DOWN RIGHT, CRULE.
ANDY FINALLY STOPPED, COMING DOWN TO THE BEACH , ANYMORE.
BECAUSE HE NEVER, SAW HER, IN HIS DREAMS, SKIPPING TOWARDS HIM, ALONG THE OCEANS SHORE.
BUT THEN CAME A DAY, WHEN HER NEW FREINDS, STARTED TO TREAT HER, QUITE CRULE.
THEY WOULD, TEASE HER, AND MAKE FUN OF HER MULE,
THEY WOULD DO THIS, JUST OUTSIDE THE DOORS, OF THE SCHOOL.
THESE GIRLS JUST DIDN'T UNDERSTAND, THE GOLDEN RULE.
BUT ANDY HEARD WHAT, WAS HAPPENING TO HER, TO THE SCHOOL. HE TOOK THAT LONG WALK.
WHEN HE GOT THERE, HE HAD JUST THIS, TO SAY. YOU SAY MY FRIEND'S A DUMMY BUT HAVE ANY OF YOU TAUGHT A MULE TO TALK.
A QUIET MESSAGE FROM HEAVEN.
EDITH HALL, HAD ALWAYS BEEN, A PILLAR, OF STRENGTH, IN THE SMALL TOWN, THAT SHE LIVED IN. SHE ALWAYS, HAD MADE AN EXTRA, EFFORT TO SEE, THAT THE FAMILIES OF SERVICE MEN AND WOMEN, NEVER SPENT CHRISTMAS DAY ALONE. WHY? AFTER ONLY BEING MARRIED FOR, A COUPLE OF YEARS, HER HUSBAND, HAD BEEN SENT, TO THE WAR IN VIETNAM. HE NEVER RETURNED HOME. DURING A BOMBING MISSION OVER HANOI, HIS PLANE HAD BEEN SHOT DOWN. HE IS STILL LISTED AS MISSING
in ACTION.
FROM THAT POINT ON, EVERY YEAR SHE ALWAYS HAD A CHRISTMAS PARTY FOR ANYONE THAT WOULD COME.
WHILE THE PARTY WAS FIRST STARTED FOR THOSE MEMBERS OF THE COMMUNITY THAT HAD SOMEONE IN THEIR
FAMILY CURRENTLY SERVING IN THE MILITARY, NO ONE WAS EVER TURNED AWAY. EDITH'S PARTY WAS KNOWN
AS THE BEST ONE IN TOWN. NO WHERE COULD YOU GET A TASTIER DINNER. SHE ALWAYS TRIED, TO HAVE
SPECIAL TREATS, FOR HER GUESTS. SHE LOVED TO WATCH AS SOMEONE WOULD FIND, ONE OF THEIR FAVORITE
FOODS ON THE TABLE THAT DAY.
THIS YEAR WAS GOING TO BE DIFFERENT. MANY OF THE THINGS SHE WOULD SAVE FOR THIS PARTY, HAD ALREADY
BEEN GIVEN AWAY TO THOSE IN NEED. THE DINNER SHE WOULD BE SERVING THAT CHRISTMAS DAY WOULD BE JUST
THE STANDARD, NO SURPRISES.
SHE HAD HOPED FOR A LITTLE BETTER, BUT SHE KNEW IT WOULD BE OKAY. AS SHE WAS JUST SETTING DOWN, TO
WATCH THE TV NEWS, THAT CHRISTMAS EVE, THERE WAS A KNOCK AT HER DOOR. WHEN SHE OPENED THE DOOR,
THERE WAS YOUNG MAN DRESSED IN A NICE SUIT. HE CALLED HER BY NAME AND HANDED HER AN EMPTY CANVAS
BAG. HE INSTRUCTED HER NOT TO OPEN IT UNTIL MIDNIGHT, THEN QUICKLY DISAPPEARED.
SHE PLACED THE BAG NEXT TO HER CHRISTMAS TREE AND SAT ON THE COUCH TO WATCH CHARLIE BROWN. IT WAS
HER FAVORITE SHOW. AS THE SHOW WAS ENDING, EDITH FELL ASLEEP. AT MIDNIGHT SHE, WAS AWAKENED BY A
SMALL BRIGHT LIGHT. IT WAS HOVERING OVER THE BAG THAT HAD BEEN SO EMPTY.
SHE CAREFULLY APPROACHED THE BAG, WENT TO MOVE IT, BUT SHE COULDN'T MOVE IT, EVEN AN INCH. SHE
OPENED THE BAG, AND WHAT A SURPRISE. FOR MORE THAN AN HOUR, SHE UNLOADED IT UNTIL EVERYTHING
SHE HOPED TO HAVE, FOR HER PARTY, WAS THERE ON THE FLOOR.
TEARS OF HAPPINESS,CAME TO HER EYES. SHE TIPPED THE BAG UPSIDE DOWN AND ONE MORE THING,
FELL TO THE FLOOR.
SHE COULD SEE IT WAS A PHOTO OF SOMEONE DRESSED IN A WHITE SUIT. SHE TURNED ON THE LIGHTS,
OF THE CHRISTMAS TREE, SO THAT SHE COULD SEE BETTER.
AS SHE LOOKED CLOSER AT THE PHOTO OF THIS YOUNG MAN DRESSED IN HIS WHITE SUIT, SHE REALIZED IT WAS
HER HUSBAND. SHE CLOSED HER EYES AND SAID A PRAYER. SHE THANKED THE LORD FOR LETTING HER KNOW
HER BELOVED HUSBAND WAS SAFE AT HOME WITH FATHER.
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ITS SAID THAT CHRISTMAS, COMES ONLY, ONCE A YEAR, THATS ALL WE CAN AFFORD.
BUT MAYBE, THINGS WOULD BETTER,
IF IN, OUR DAILY ACTIONS, WE WERE MORE, LIKE CHRIST OUR LORD.
I TRULY BELIEVE, THAT PEACE ON EARTH, WOULD BE CHEAPER, THAN THE WARS, WE LIVE.
WOULD NOT, THE WORLD, BE A BETTER PLACE, IF EACH OF US, JUST LEARNED, TO FORGIVE.
I WISH CHRISTMAS, COULD COME, EVERY DAY, AT LEAST FOR, A LITTLE, WHILE.
UNTIL WE LEARNED, THAT A FROWN, IS MUCH, MORE, COSTLY, THAN A SMILE!!
**************************************************************************
These thoughts and words, are a reflection, of the following, great people, helped me, along the way
Adolph (andy) Pedersen - He taught me that there is good, somewhere, in all of God's children
Sarah Jane Pedersen - Stand up for the rights, of the rich, the poor, the lost, the truth, no matter how, difficult, the battle.
Donna West - kindness, David E. Sperry - just carry on, Morty - life is worth it.
AND LASTLY TO JUDY, why was I so lucky, to find you.
**********************************************************
ANDY THE MULE
by andy k pedersen.
IT WAS IN, A SMALL LITTLE TOWN, DOWN CLOSE, TO THE OCEAN'S, SHORE
THERE LIVED, A PLAIN, YOUNG WOMAN, WHO JUST, DIDN'T WANT, TO LIVE THERE ANY MORE.
SHE LIVED, WITH HER MOM, AND HER DAD, IN A NICE HOME, WITH AN OCEAN VEIW.
BUT WHEN SHE WAS THERE, MOM GAVE HER PLENTY TO DO.
SO TO ESCAPE, WHAT SEEMED LIKE, AN ENDLESS, LIST OF, THING, TO BE DONE.
SHE WOULD SNEAK OUT, THE BACK DOOR, THEN DOWN THE BEACH, SHE WOULD RUN.
WHEN SHE WAS, JUST A LITTLE, YOUNGER, HIDDEN BEHIND A BIG, BIG, ROCK,
WAS HER, BEST FRIEND, ANDY THE MULE, A HARD HEADED ANIMIAL, BUT HE COULD TALK.
THEY WOULD, SIT TOGETHER, ON THE BEACH, AND TALK, ALL THE DAY,
NEITHER, ONE OF THEM, WERE EVER AT A LOSS, FOR SOMETHING TO SAY.
THE MULE OFTEN HAD READY, A NEW STORY , OR A JOKE, THAT WAS NEVER, THAT FUNNY.
THE YOUNG GIRL, WOULD OFTEN, TELL HIM TO KEEP HIS DAY JOB, BECAUSE HIS JOKES, WOULD NEVER, MAKE HIM, ANY MONEY.
BUT THEN CAME A DAY, WHEN HE TOOK, HER WORDS, TO HEART.
FROM THAT DAY ON, THEIR FRIENDSHIP, WAS STARTING TO FALL APART.
HER FRIENDS, STARTED ASKING HER ABOUT, THAT OLD MULE,
MOST OF THE THINGS, THAT THEY SAID, WERE JUST DOWN RIGHT, CRULE.
ANDY FINALLY STOPPED, COMING DOWN TO THE BEACH , ANYMORE.
BECAUSE HE NEVER, SAW HER, IN HIS DREAMS, SKIPPING TOWARDS HIM, ALONG THE OCEANS SHORE.
BUT THEN CAME A DAY, WHEN HER NEW FREINDS, STARTED TO TREAT HER, QUITE CRULE.
THEY WOULD, TEASE HER, AND MAKE FUN OF HER MULE,
THEY WOULD DO THIS, JUST OUTSIDE THE DOORS, OF THE SCHOOL.
THESE GIRLS JUST DIDN'T UNDERSTAND, THE GOLDEN RULE.
BUT ANDY HEARD WHAT, WAS HAPPENING TO HER, TO THE SCHOOL. HE TOOK THAT LONG WALK.
WHEN HE GOT THERE, HE HAD JUST THIS, TO SAY. YOU SAY MY FRIEND'S A DUMMY BUT HAVE ANY OF YOU TAUGHT A MULE TO TALK.
A QUIET MESSAGE FROM HEAVEN.
EDITH HALL, HAD ALWAYS BEEN, A PILLAR, OF STRENGTH, IN THE SMALL TOWN, THAT SHE LIVED IN. SHE ALWAYS, HAD MADE AN EXTRA, EFFORT TO SEE, THAT THE FAMILIES OF SERVICE MEN AND WOMEN, NEVER SPENT CHRISTMAS DAY ALONE. WHY? AFTER ONLY BEING MARRIED FOR, A COUPLE OF YEARS, HER HUSBAND, HAD BEEN SENT, TO THE WAR IN VIETNAM. HE NEVER RETURNED HOME. DURING A BOMBING MISSION OVER HANOI, HIS PLANE HAD BEEN SHOT DOWN. HE IS STILL LISTED AS MISSING
in ACTION.
FROM THAT POINT ON, EVERY YEAR SHE ALWAYS HAD A CHRISTMAS PARTY FOR ANYONE THAT WOULD COME.
WHILE THE PARTY WAS FIRST STARTED FOR THOSE MEMBERS OF THE COMMUNITY THAT HAD SOMEONE IN THEIR
FAMILY CURRENTLY SERVING IN THE MILITARY, NO ONE WAS EVER TURNED AWAY. EDITH'S PARTY WAS KNOWN
AS THE BEST ONE IN TOWN. NO WHERE COULD YOU GET A TASTIER DINNER. SHE ALWAYS TRIED, TO HAVE
SPECIAL TREATS, FOR HER GUESTS. SHE LOVED TO WATCH AS SOMEONE WOULD FIND, ONE OF THEIR FAVORITE
FOODS ON THE TABLE THAT DAY.
THIS YEAR WAS GOING TO BE DIFFERENT. MANY OF THE THINGS SHE WOULD SAVE FOR THIS PARTY, HAD ALREADY
BEEN GIVEN AWAY TO THOSE IN NEED. THE DINNER SHE WOULD BE SERVING THAT CHRISTMAS DAY WOULD BE JUST
THE STANDARD, NO SURPRISES.
SHE HAD HOPED FOR A LITTLE BETTER, BUT SHE KNEW IT WOULD BE OKAY. AS SHE WAS JUST SETTING DOWN, TO
WATCH THE TV NEWS, THAT CHRISTMAS EVE, THERE WAS A KNOCK AT HER DOOR. WHEN SHE OPENED THE DOOR,
THERE WAS YOUNG MAN DRESSED IN A NICE SUIT. HE CALLED HER BY NAME AND HANDED HER AN EMPTY CANVAS
BAG. HE INSTRUCTED HER NOT TO OPEN IT UNTIL MIDNIGHT, THEN QUICKLY DISAPPEARED.
SHE PLACED THE BAG NEXT TO HER CHRISTMAS TREE AND SAT ON THE COUCH TO WATCH CHARLIE BROWN. IT WAS
HER FAVORITE SHOW. AS THE SHOW WAS ENDING, EDITH FELL ASLEEP. AT MIDNIGHT SHE, WAS AWAKENED BY A
SMALL BRIGHT LIGHT. IT WAS HOVERING OVER THE BAG THAT HAD BEEN SO EMPTY.
SHE CAREFULLY APPROACHED THE BAG, WENT TO MOVE IT, BUT SHE COULDN'T MOVE IT, EVEN AN INCH. SHE
OPENED THE BAG, AND WHAT A SURPRISE. FOR MORE THAN AN HOUR, SHE UNLOADED IT UNTIL EVERYTHING
SHE HOPED TO HAVE, FOR HER PARTY, WAS THERE ON THE FLOOR.
TEARS OF HAPPINESS,CAME TO HER EYES. SHE TIPPED THE BAG UPSIDE DOWN AND ONE MORE THING,
FELL TO THE FLOOR.
SHE COULD SEE IT WAS A PHOTO OF SOMEONE DRESSED IN A WHITE SUIT. SHE TURNED ON THE LIGHTS,
OF THE CHRISTMAS TREE, SO THAT SHE COULD SEE BETTER.
AS SHE LOOKED CLOSER AT THE PHOTO OF THIS YOUNG MAN DRESSED IN HIS WHITE SUIT, SHE REALIZED IT WAS
HER HUSBAND. SHE CLOSED HER EYES AND SAID A PRAYER. SHE THANKED THE LORD FOR LETTING HER KNOW
HER BELOVED HUSBAND WAS SAFE AT HOME WITH FATHER.
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