The Trodden Annual Christmas Poem – 2022
Every year I say it – it’s been bigger than the last
But fair to say that 22 sure whipped by pretty fast
I barely kept a diary, photos few and far between
But this Annual Christmas tome at least
Can summarise what’s been...
January started fine, with Taupo for a stay
Marked 20 years for me to have a kid free holiday
February marked a great event – Joseph turned 16
For me the prospect of a move, a new house I had just seen
Within 3 weeks it was all on, a buy, a sell, a shift
To Hamilton in March, we came – there was a lot to lift!
Joseph got his L plates and I taught him how to drive
April was the month for that and still we are alive
The annual ladies getaway in May, we went for Mother’s Day
A real first for all of us to celebrate away
Then covid came to our house and alone we had to be
All of June we were inside, the power bill was something else to see!
By July, Joseph had a parttime job and earned himself a bunch!
Whisked me off, to Zealong tea for a belated birthday lunch
August was the month of trains as the lobby group reformed
We got the government listening and the media informed
(The project is still growing, with much ahead to do
Thanks to work behind the scenes by an amazing crew)
The tour of ‘the Temple’ was September’s special treat
A truly one-in-a-lifetime event that never will repeat
October – Niamh turned 20! What more can I say?
I am so proud of the amazing woman she has grown into today
A car crash, mediation and move moving cat and daughter
Select committee hearing, the lounge flooded with water
November was a weird old month, full of stress and drama,
I left it feeling full of hope December would be calmer...
But not to be, the universe had other plans in view
A change of job, exams, more crashes, the hospital for two
Yet here we are, the year most done, and all of us survived
In fact, I’d say despite it all, we actually have thrived
There’s lots of things to celebrate, be grateful with good reason
To you and yours we wish you all a Happy Christmas Season!
