Christmas Haikus

I usually write a three or four paragraph update for my Christmas cards, but this year I felt the need for fewer words. I wrote a bunch of haikus, one for each card. Here they are:

Christmas Haikus 2021

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We are doing well

Pedro is loving third grade

He still reads and reads

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I am writing much

Jose sings while folding clothes

Pedro reads, talks, laughs

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Pedro grew a lot

Mom and Dad still living home

Appliances died

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The cold of winter

Does not stop us from spring dreams

Seeds dug in hard dirt

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A year of much loss

A year of restoration

Now, we hope again

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We hope for the best

We light candles to recall

We hold you all close

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Light follows darkness

We know this with certainty

We look for the light

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Jose runs each day

I still write my short stories

Pedro loves Netflix

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We dream of Chile

Hope for January trip

It has been too long                                                                            

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At Christmas we think

of everyone lost this year 

We send out great love

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 We are so grateful

For the love, grace in our lives

We give thanks for you

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 We walk together

Pedro talking a blue streak

Our boy, in third grade