POW: Lou Jobst, MOSAICS academy specialist

“Is there anything in specific you are thankful for this year?”

“Well, I was actually talking about this with my wife, and I would say I’m thankful that we have a whole day devoted to being grateful for what we have. I love Thanksgiving because I feel it’s less commercialized than some other holidays and it’s all about spending time with family.  I have two grandkids, one’s five and the other’s three, and a grandson to be born on Jan 4  who I can’t wait to see over our break. I’m really thankful for them, and you know, I’m getting to be a little bit older. I’m thinking, I’m 66, and I probably have 20 years of life left. Now, I don’t feel morose about that but it’s got me thinking about what I want to do in these 20 years. I’ve decided that one of the things I want to do is to leave a book of poetry for my grandchildren in which I tell them, teach them, the things that have made me joyful in life. Right before you talked me, in my blog, Graced by Life, my last entry was Thanks from Potsy, that’s me. My granddaughter calls me Pots. So I had written this poem and I realized that I had given thanks for all the things that are important to me. Now it’s not the most literary thing, but I wanted this book to be a collection of things children can read without having to analyze it for literary excellence. At any rate, here’s Thanks from Potsy:

Time for Thanks

always take precious time

to give thanks

today

I give thanks

for

the K-man and

his creative, super-hero

love for life

for

Miss B

her sense of style and

strong sense of self

for Sarah and

her taking care of so many people

for

Andy and

his love for his family

for

Michael and

his gentle care for all of us

for Kim and

her fully opening her heart to us

for sweet baby Jobst and

all he will be

especially for Mickey

the love of my life and

her faithfulness

in love and care

for my God

my great friend.”

– Lou Jobst, MOSAICS academy specialist