A wistful smile

With every complaint you hear,
  it is so easy to think of your own.

How can anything top your life?

Let's see.
  Step-dad had a stroke.
     Aunt died at 87. 
         Then there is the knee which keeps popping out of place.

Way to start the new year.

Could it be worse?

Of course it could!

I can stumble along.
   My aunt led a full life.
      Step-dad is still an cantankerous old cuss.

So,
  don't mind a slight smile,
    when I a keep walking by.

Reviews

[jacob erin-cilberto]

yes, keep walking by...it could be worse and often becomes that, or better yet...if we look at what we are dealing with compared to what others are dealing with, our problems seem small.

[Jon Roggie]

That is the trick. Looking at what is happening to those around us.

[Laura Lynn]

stepfathers, stepmothers are all very different, I suddenly realize while reading this, though often people have stereotypes when contrasting a father with a stepfather or mother with a stepmother, then there are all types of foster care scenarios that we often don't know about anyway

[Jon Roggie]

Indeed there are. Stepdad, at 84, has been helping raise my niece since she was 2. Now, ten years later, I wind up helping take care of both of them, while looking after my mother at the same time. Never know what is going to happen.