My Sunshine

Here comes my sunshine
On her wedding day
Father Alan will say
Come in and pray
And bless them in a special way
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When the bride comes out smiling
And groom stands up straight
A person is twirling an umbrella at the gate
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The photographers followed them everywhere
A big brass band with a blare
No-one seemed to have a care
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Some in peculiar dress, there was
one of a Cat with a mouse on his head
And one with a car as a bed
Another a clown with a carrot for a nose
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Onto the beach the sand was twirling around
The couple holding hands
And true love was found.

GREEN EYES

THERE IS A LOVELY BLACK CAT UP OUR ROAD
WITH A BEAUTIFUL SHINY COAT

I CALL HIM BY HIS NAME “JAZZ”
AND HE RUNS DOWN AND CRIES
ROLLS OVER IN THE SUN

HIS LOVELY GREEN EYES SHINING AT ME
AS I STROKE AND TALK TO HIM

HE LOVES TO SIT ON TOP THE CARS
TO KEEP WARM IN WINTER
EVERYONE ADORES THIS CAT

HE JUMPS DOWN OFF THE WALL INTO OUR GARDEN
SITS ON AN OLD TABLE
AND WATCHES ME HANG OUT THE WASHING

THIS CAT IS SPECIAL THERAPY TO ALL PASSING BY
AS YOUNG AND OLD, AND CHILDREN TOO
BEND LOW AND TALK TO HIM
FORGETTING THEIR WORRIES AND TROUBLES
JUST FOR A MINUTE AND OFF THEY ALL GO

THANK YOU FTHR KEITH SYLVIA ST.PATRICKS NOW ST ANDREWS SOUTH CROYDON

To the belated beloved Sister Mary Kathleen S&SM

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prayers and thanks Canon Colven,who annointed me there. Come to me all that are heavy laden and I will give you rest

Pray for Fthr Alan and Ray says if near Lourdes bring Julie back a Candle please.Cllr.Paul Elgood,Preston Ordinarys Boys,and wonderful Daughter +

I TOLD HIM ALL MY PROBLEMS AND I BROKE DOWN THERE
COME AND SIT IN THE CHAIR
AND I TOLD HIM MY PAIN,AND CARES
HE GAVE ME ABSOLUTION OF MANY YEARS
HE CORRECTED ME WITH GOD
I COULDN’T SIT,?TO LONG
HE CORRECTED AND PRAYED TO GOD AND ALMOST GONE

NOW I KNOW THAT GOD IS EVERYWHERE
THE KING,THE COMFORTER AND SAY PRAYERS
MY BODY WAS BROKEN AND NO SOUL
NOW I KNOW ONLY GOD CAN MAKE ONE WHOLE

WITHOUT FTHR.KEITH IN GOD COMING ROUND
HERE UNEXPECTED I COULDN’T BELIEVE
WITH RAY HE WALKED IN
AND RAY JOKES SAID HE IS THE IN THE FRONT ROOM NO!

FTHR.ALAN AND FTHR.KEITH
HAVE MADE MY INWARD DREAMS COME TRUE
THE WASHING OF THE FEET
TO BE TAUGHT AND READ THE BIBLE WAITED
16 YEARS VERY ILL

AND WITH GOD ANYTHING AND EVERY THING POSSIBLE I SEE
ST.PATRICKS IS OUR LADY OF WALSINGHAM AND
CROWHURST HEALING TO ME

AND AN AWFUL LIFE WITH ALL ADVERSITIES
BUT GOD LEADS ME THROUGH EVERY DOOR
THAT OPENS SAFELY AND SET ME FREE

AND ONE NIGHT I’D BEEN THERE 10 P.M. AND
I WAS A BIT DOWN AS RAY CAME OUTOF HOSPITAL
SO I WALKED BACK TO TALK WITH A FRIEND

SHE SAID SHE WASN’T GOING TO BED TILL 3 A.M
WE STOOD BY THE LAMP POST NIGHT LIGHT
SHE SAID WHAT’S THE TIME
I LOOKED AT MY WATCH THOUGHT IT WAS 11PM
I LOOKED AGAIN IT WAS 12.3OAM

AROUND THE CORNER CAME THIS SILVER CAR FOR ONCE I WASN’T FRIGHTENED AS NOT FAR TO GO
THE WINDOW ROLLED DOWN AS I FACED MY FRIEND
OH BE CAREFUL SHE SAID
A VOICE SAID F’THR KEITH HERE
RAY HAS PHONED ME TWICE WORRIED WHERE YOU WERE

OH I SAID A VOICE FROM HEAVEN
I BETTER TAKE YOU HOME HE SAID
WHAT A WONDERFUL PRIEST

AND CAME AND COLLECTED THING FOR THE FAIR
AS MY BACK I CAN’T CARRY MUCH
AND INTO THE BEDROOM AND PRAYED
AS I ASKED

AND WROTE A VERSE ON THE VIRGIN MARY CARD
AND BLOW ME I FOUND A PICTURE
EXACTLY THE SAME OF OUR LADY OF WALSINGHAM
NOTHING WAS TO MUCH TROUBLE FROM FTHR.KEITH AND FTHR.ALAN TO ME WHO LOOK AFTER THE HOMELESS.

THE SURGEON SAID
THERE WAS NO CURE,NO HOPE I WAS TOLD
BUT GOD IS STRONG POWERFUL
EVERY MINUTE EVERY DAY EVERY HOUR
BLESS THEM+
NOW I CAN GO TO OTHERS.

Humpty Dumpty Not True.

Dumpty was always tubby at school,and couldnt run or jump,but was tip-top at all subjects,the girls made him climb the apparatus ladder and he thought he would fall,he would try to sit on the top,there eating his crisps so no-one could see him,and loved to blow his cheeks out at the girls,with his mouth full,the teachers had their backs turned away from them when this happened.One day he started to cut down on starchy foods,lost weight tremendously his trousers nearly fell off , he tightened his belt.So started going for walks more now and not so tired over the downs,came to a sign Sweet Hill ,oh no he thought I must not eat sweets,and he remembered,he hadnt got any good clothing with him,he climbed a style and could see in the distance a little pub,and made his way down the hill and got a glass of coke,and sat in a chair,and fell asleep as the Sun was going down in a world of his own,when awake he was refreshed to walk and run home..

The Emerald Stone " Imagination"

Description of box it was once in.A Mother and little girl always wanted to find,was a 3 D. cover with the middle cut out of the box,they remembered before it was taken of secret space in a garden shed,had yellow and black edging,with ribbons on the side of its gold ridges.So off set the mother and daughter,on a bright sunny day,little girl wearing lovely pink frilly dress.They crossed rivers,and boarded boats,and planes,even climbed mountains,to get to this Cathedral
someone visiting heard another one say,they read a book on it.They got inside the Cathedral and were directed to the Alcoves ,all dusty and dirty,cobwebs in the corners and flags hanging down, as they looked up, the steep stairs into the dark, there was an owl, and shining like a diamond and twinkling like a prism all sides,was the Emerald Stone,true the Mother had sat and prayed to find it.The little girl her dress all dirty,shouted Mummy I cant reach it,but along came the Priest holding his crook out ,hooked it round the emerald stone,as they had proof it was once handed down in the family.The child kept saying please please I know where I've seen it before,my father gave it to my mother way back and I took it out to play.The parents were so sad and knew nothing about all this.Until they read a book with a yellow and black cover called,Dreams Come True ,and the possibilty of tracing it.So they were allowed to have the emerald stone,and carry it all the way back home safely,Over hills and dales and rivers by planes and boats etc.When they got in exhausted and very excited,took of their coats and washed and sat down for tea,the father was getting so worried,but when they put the emerald stone safely away,and told him the story,especiallyof the owl that went too-wit-a-woo,and turned his head at The Cathedral,he had to laugh at such an adventurous story,first brought about by their mother's prayers.

PEACE

The peace of God that passes all understanding

Fthr.Alan Sharpe St.Patricks teaches us you see

Come in quietly and sit and pray

For the sick,lonely homeless each day

Someone no roof or food

To listen help is good

No one knows when there be homeless to-day.

Young,or old silver and grey.

Let us all join hands in love

No matter what colour or creed

And some turn their life around with God you see.

The Atmosphere

Stars exploding in the skies

And I thought I wonder why

Drops of dew falling on the earth

Everything making a new birth

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The golden sun shining on the sea

People in hats,and long dresses

Looking for their keys

Ice-cream dropping from their knees

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An old man goes by with a wink in his eye

Raises his hat.

Newspapers are blowing along

A bandsman playing a song

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Chairoplanes riding high

Children having to queue,and cry

A drunk comes out from a pub

Can you spare some change for grub.

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People are coming to talk to me from all sides

My umbrella's blown inside out.

I must go my head's in a spin,

Our writing group is about to begin.

The Carpenter Fiction.

Woody was his nicname because he was a carpenter who bodged up some D.I.Y jobs He made his daughter a dolls cot and fell to bits and a chest of drawers the drawers wouldn't fit. It was a blastering wind, the hats blowing of peoples heads, icecream dropping on ground, books and papers fluttering. Children tring to button coats up, Woody had his tools with him and a saw, went into the music hall their long dresses torn by the wind and top hats didn't fit Red faces everywhere, so woody set up his tressle and planes, put on the electric saw, a fire was on to keep warm, he for got his hands bit damp, sudden bang and a fire broke out, glass and windows broken Cast practising all shaking up. Woody so sorry they all cleared up. Woody went home not thinking straight, as he pulled up in his car all the lights sparkling in the house, funny I switched them of so he thought, as he climbed the stairs the curtains were alight, he had left a plug in fused caused a fire. Had to call the fire brigade, he tried with water no good. The lesson he learnt was go back to night school and learn to be a proficient carpenter.

Umbrellas.

Out come the umbrellas again all colours and shapes

Big and shiny, some are broken in the wind and rain

In comes the cat standing on his brain.

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Flowers worms, Frogs, boots and birds,

Wellingtons, jackets with hoods waterproof,

Water tubs filling up, and leaky shoes.

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Two have just done the garden for me

Covered in muck and mud weeding

Called out more coffee? and had to put

Plastic bags on their feet to come in

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There's our lost green frog they've found

Oh hide it quick the cats around.

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The pink blossom is by the line

I do wish the pouring rain would stop, and be fine

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Oh there's a blue-tit with a worm in its mouth

They dug and hoed and no regrets

They're both thrilled the gardens worth all the sweat .