A happy home

I walked downstairs this early morning

And could barely find a place to plant my feet

I stopped and looked around

There were people sleeping everywhere

On couches, on the floor, blankets were flung askew

The beds were all taken, filled to capacity

I stopped and pondered how years ago

When times were a little bit harder

At someone's house I had to borrow a bed

While trying my best to land a job

To become independent with a little place of my own

"Too many bodies in the house was said,

Some will now have to go"!

I packed up my life and asked for help from another

Thankfully, a job was found and an apartment procured

There were struggles, but we are now in a much better state

I give thanks for the help which was rendered in the past

Thank you everyone for keeping me housed no matter what

The time, circumstance or offering which your heart could render

I was never homeless, hungry much nor gave up in despair

My heart returns to the overfilled house that I now survey

I would not want a better blessing on my life

Than a house filled to capacity with friends and family

Warring children, yelling at each other playing angry games

Teenagers doing secret things they think adults do not know

Adults in close proximity, yet meeting each struggle with a smile

Sometimes a groan, or a worried thought about life's many crosses

Though there are little annoyances, we are human after all

When you get right down to the meat of it all

The fuller the home

The happier the heart

The greater the blessing on a life!

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