June Wedding
©2012 Susan Noyes Anderson
“Thirty days hath September,
April, June, and November.”
This I muttered to myself,
pulling pamphlets off the shelf.
My eyes teared up at thoughts of June,
(that’s my daughter’s name) and soon
her wedding date. It can’t be true.
Just yesterday, the kid was two!
I’ve saved brochures and books galore
but now I yearn to bar the door
and keep her under lock and key
(or send her to a nunnery).
How did the years fly by so fast?
I thought this time would be a blast,
but it’s a bust. My heart may burst!
The date I choose? June 31st.
Tags: children, daughters, family times, humor, marriage, mothers, parenting
Susan Noyes Anderson
Susan Noyes Anderson is the author of At the End of Your Rope, There’s Hope, Deseret Book, ©1997; Awaken Your Spiritual Power: The Fairy Godmother Isn’t Coming!, Karisma Press, ©1999; and His Children (poetry only, photos are by Anita Schiller), Vantage Point Press, ©2003.