The Spices of the Heart by Nancy Lee Shrader
Granddaughters spice up the day.
They brings giggles
in pink toenails,
tea parties
in dresses oversized.
Cheers you each day
with two pom poms.
Heals you
in a homemade nurses cap.
Loves you
with a heart overflowed.
Grandsons are spicy too.
They brings laughs
in muddy shoes,
tea parties
with real food.
Cheers you each day
with a laugh and a smile.
Heals you
with a homemade stethoscope.
Loves you
without regret.
Spices sweet, spices bitter sweet.
So much alike, but
they are different too.
One kisses
with colorless sweet lips,
while the other
holds your cheeks with dirty hands.
Each tender kiss
fills a grandmother’s heart
with so much pride
and much more love.
Nancy Lee Shrader resides in Beckley, West Virginia. She is author of three books IS IT NOW? The End of Days! IS HE MESSIAH? Messianic Prophecies Revealed! And The Curse of Mayweather House Nancy Lee also writes for Amazon.com. To her credit, she has twenty-one Shorts to date on the Amazon website. She is a member of the West Virginia Writers’ Union, Appalachian Writers’ Guild and belongs to a Writers’ group at the Raleigh County Library. Web: www.freewebs.com/booksbynancyleeshrader
