Soph the goph

Happy birthday daughter,
as we recall the day.
Some of us have more to
help us recall the fray..

.. more pain and discomfort,
Hospitalization.
I remember some 'vit,
more the realization..

..God had let Kat & I
join with him, have a go
to (pro-)create a new shi-
-ning face of him below.

Eyes for him to look through,
a smile (or, sometimes frown),
eyebrow raised -as you do,
a kiss, look up, look down.

Think he's done a good job.
He's thrown in some beauty,
along with that whole mob
of things: loving duty.

Still he dain't seem finished,
He hasn't stopped a bit,
this year's not diminished,
but grown more of it.

(& speaking of 'grown')

Don't be scared of groaning,
just every now and then
(as does our groaning god #).
Let him lead you 'how'/ 'when'.

Today's for un-groaning,
happy smiles and squark-els*,
remembering, owning
God's life - in Soph sparkles!

Dad (&Mum)

 

# gen 6, mk7, mk8, rom8

* those happy squarking sounds that Michael Chapman passed on to our family.