Happy Birthday Cheri

Many, many years ago, I wrote a poem called "Teacher" for my sister Cheri as she was embarking on her career.  I figured it was time for a new poem.  Her 39th birthday (again  ; )  ) is coming up this week, so it seemed like a good time to come up with one.  Happy Birthday Little Sis!

A New Adventure

Every fall we see

A new room full of faces

Who will someday grow up

To go all kinds of places

First we learn names

And then come realities

Different backgrounds

And even nationalities

We'll learn many things

Math, science, and history

We'll begin to explore

Life's many mysteries

We'll learn that a book

That fits in our backpack

Can hold a new world

As we follow its track

To new places in

Our imagination

Reading a good story

Is a little vacation

We'll learn things we see

And learn things we hear

An adventure together

Of another school year

-Steve Emig