KRIKET'S KHORUS

8/8/17...10a.m.

you all know what a wingnut is....right?

it's one of the nuts and bolts in your junk drawer

that gets wound so tight you can only loosen it

by using balanced pressure, gentle but firm,

and ....patience.

well, when my firstborn son was at the peak of his years

in juvenile delinquency

he  'knighted' me

as an elder in the Wingnut Warrior clan.

i still wear the wingnut he awarded me

on a chain around my neck...

i am  known to his generation,

still in this community,

as "Eli's mom"

the code of the Wingnut Warrior is simple:

"Never get wound so tight

that a little balanced pressure,

gentle but firm, can't loosen you up." 

i have had many  opportunities

to carry on with the responsibility

of continuing this most honored tradition.

Thank you, my precious son Eli,

for giving me the gifts of  tenacity, endurance and durability.

it is with humble gratitude and fierce loyalty

 that we will indeed ....carry on. 

blessed be