SNAKE IN THE WOODPILE I used to think the worst snake in the woodpile was the one my dad killed when I was a little girl, playing on a stack of firewood It was a bold memory that never left me I still see myself dancing and hopping around squealing “kill it, daddy, kill it!”… Read More Snake in the Woodpile
CRAZY LOVE Baby, baby! What am I to do? You’ve so captured my emotions that I’m crazy over you. Maybe if I discovered that you are a axe murderer, I could get over you – but somehow, I doubt it! Poem Copyright ©2009 Nan C.
Protecting Love when two people fall in lovethey always know what to do to please one another.but as they grow forward together,they grow accustomed to each otherandforget the little things like “i love you”in more than the verbal, habitual sense.they no longer see.when i feel myself growingaccustomed to having you around,taking you for… Read More Protecting Love
…to my husband He didn’t swoop into my lifeTo tear it upAs so many others had.He slipped in – almost unnoticedTentatively reaching toward meTo join our lives as one.He was so quiet and unassumingI almost missed his worthBut as we meshed our lives togetherAnd he grew comfortable in our loveHe became someone else…AMagic… Read More He’s Such Magic
Love Ain’t Got No Buts There ain’t no buts in real loveNoI love you but you need to changeI love you but I won’t marry youI love you but I don’t want your kidI love you but my wife won’t understandI love you but I will smack you if you make me madI love… Read More Love Ain’t Got No Buts
LIFE let’s take the timeto sip the wineto days gone byand yet –let’s not forgetmistakes we madeand make them all again! Poem Copyright ©1975 Nan C. Loyd
Most of you know that I wasn’t in a relationship in the 12 years before Alpha Hubby came along and tied me down so I couldn’t get away. He wanted to sweep me off my feet (which would have been much simpler), but no. He started as he meant to go on (smile). So, I didn’t date.… Read More Wild Women Don’t Get The Blues
. There are a lot of blogs aimed at or written by younger mothers who blog about their children. I think that is wonderful.* But this isn’t one of those and I’m not one of them. I’m from the other side. The dark side. I am here to tell you something. Shhhh. It… Read More Stockings and Garters and Rope, Oh My!