Bits and Pieces
A funny thing happened over a cocktail.
A former colleague and dear friend of mine and I were catching up and talking about life and all the things that come along with it and she started to quote a poem… a favorite poem of hers, she said.
“Bits and pieces. Bits and pieces….” she started to recite.
In wonderful amazement and joy that she was quoting a poem I have always loved too, I dropped my jaw and started to join her in reciting the lines… the ones I could remember at least.
It’s a poem my mom found in a book and introduced to me when I was in middle school… and one I carried with me and shared often through high school and college.
It’s been awhile since I shared it.
Figured now would be a perfect time.
Mom called these kinds of things ‘keepers.’
I hope you all enjoy it as much as Shannon and I do.