Greetings for Christmas 2013

There once was a limerick writer

Who married a girl to delight her

      And she bore him six sons

      Who grew up all at once

With a story to tell, a good-nighter.

Soon Burnell drives to school in his Chevy

While Amanda is with baby Bevy

      He’ll be training to lead

      At a Wal-Mart in need;

Where he’s hired as a de-partment heavy.

     

And in Oregon Ill there are four:

Andy, Kristy, and two children more:

Sarah’s six-fest will find

David two years behind,

Spreading laughter and giggles galore.

Then there’s Peter who’s at semin-ary.

Like his father before him? Yes, very.

      At the very same place

      Learning of the same grace

Of the Lord Jesus Christ born of Mary.

Then there’s John, with Alissa, at Whiteman—

In Missouri, he works for Stealth Fightmen—

      Oops, I gave it away!

      It’s a secret, ok?;

Well, not really, but really all right, man.

Worker Joe is now into construction

Making diagrams for the production

            Of farm buildings, we’re told

            And although it’s not gold,

It’s a pretty good bang for the buck, son.

On the jazz trumpet Michael plays well,

And at Eastern they do think he’s swell,

            In his junior year now,

            He expects to learn how

All the talent he offers will sell.

And they all will be coming for Christmas,

Turning this empty house to an isthmus,

            Where the kids run and play

            On our festival day

As the fam’ly rejoices in blissness.

For you’ve all heard the angelic chorus,

Praising Christ who was humbly born for us,

            To redeem us from sin

            And make room in the inn

(In the church, and in heaven, all glorious).

Oh rejoice with this limerick writer!

For what binds us together the tighter

            Is that we can rejoice

            Upon hearing the voice:

Christ is born! For no light could be brighter!

God rest ye merry, this Christmas 2013 and always 
– the Eckardt family