ART & POETRY BY PAUL & KATHY BOECHER
The old flour mill stands as a fortress, beside the rambling Rum River,
An icon, once thriving, once useful – a place where industry grew a small town into a big city,
Now inoperative, surrounded by the ruins of yesterday, but still it stands,
We’re much like these old relics from the past,
We’ve served a useful purpose for a lifetime,
Then become tired, sometimes broken down and beat up,
But still we stand,
This building has been repurposed, despite its unproductivity,
Today a museum – a tribute to those who built it –
and served the community around it,
We also stand as antiques, old fashioned, decrepit, useless.
But we continue to have a purpose,
Life continues, we go on, we see that we still have value to society,
Growing old doesn’t have to mean dying,
We can live on through what we’ve given as a lifetime legacy,
We live with purpose until the very end,
Where we’ll continue to stand.
About atimetoshare.me
As I reach the end of my years, I find I have a lot of good information stored up in this old decrepit mind of mine. If I don't write it all down, it may vanish and no one will have the advantage of my thoughts. This is why this blog exists. I love the Lord, Jesus with all my heart and soul. I know I'm undeserving of all He's done for me, but I also know that His love is beyond my comprehension.
I've always wanted to write. I never kept diaries, but tucked my thoughts in my head for future reference. I use them now in creating stories, plays, poetry and my blog.
I continue to learn every day. I believe the compilation of our time spent with God will have huge affect on the way we live. I know I'm a sinner and I need a Savior. I have One through Jesus, Christ.
My book, "Stages - a memoir," is about the seven stages of life from the perspective of a woman. It addresses all the things girls and women go through in life as they travel it with Jesus, and it is available on Amazon.com.
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