I’m very sad that Yahoo Geocities is closing down on October 26, 2009 and I have to say goodbye to my first website. It was the thing that led me to blogging. I’m sad to say goodbye to some of my poems which I had written at different times of my life and given it a nice proper web page. I wrote many more after that but they are mostly embedded somewhere in my blogs and not given the same kind of treatment as those first few I wrote. Treatment meaning, carefully chosen backgrounds, and music to go with my words. 
Theres nothing like reading my poems with music, pictures and all. Sadly, I don’t know how to recreate them after geocities is gone so I’ve saved them in my computer for keepsakes.
Some of my favourites are those that I wrote for my husband and for my kids or for myself. I haven’t had the inspiration to write for a while or perhaps I’m just plain lazy. But today, I wrote something to uplift myself because I am down. Its called Living One Day At A Time. I hope I can live up to my own words… to live one day at a time, be thankful for small things in life, always never complaining and crossing the bridge only when it appears.
LIVING ONE DAY AT A TIME…
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I’ve got to….
Take it one day at a time
Looking forward as I climb
Living life’s daily journey
And whatever it holds for me
I’ve got to….
Take each day as it comes
And don’t ever succumb
To fear and negativity
Nor be in its captivity
I’ve got to….
Learn to be strong
No matter what goes wrong
There are those who need me
So this fear I must set free
I’ve got to…
Cross the bridge when I come to it
Don’t let unhappy thoughts bend my spirit
What is the use of worrying
When its not going to change a thing
I’ve got to….
Learn to be happy and thankful
Life can indeed be blissful
When you regard small things
As a great blessing
I want to have peace and tranquility
So I must strive for stability
Living one day at a time
Taking each day as it comes
Written by MG on 17 July, 2009.
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Wow, that’s a beautiful poem and very inspiring!
Sorry to hear about the closing down of your site with Geocities…but you know, one door closes and many more will open. I’m sure you will be able to find a similar if not better avenue for your beautiful poems. Just think, have will and it can happen!
I have to inspire myself to keep positive because I have a bridge to cross now and like the picture above, it looks grey, I don’t know whats ahead and I feel afraid.
No need to be sad, just migrate all to blogspot or any free host.
Actually, I’ve migrated most of the content, only the look and feel is not quite the same.
I tried to copy the html to blogspot but somehow some of the format of my research paper formatted with MS Word html could not be migrated so I am also searching a solution before Oct.
I submitted my site for the archives and saved them in my PC till I find a solution.
I’m sure you’ll find another site, just don’t be sad for such a long time. Cheer up
Be sure the bridge would take you to a better place for your beautiful poem. Btw, I just knew you write poem too.
Hehe. Henny. Only when I feel like it.
I love your blog. I found it when I was looking for images of paper doll chains. I love your poetry and feelings on motherhood. I have seven kids (now grown) and 20 grandkids, and write a lot about mothering on my blog. Thanks for sharing these thoughts.
Wow! I’ve got lots to learn from you then! Thanks for visiting my blog.
What a lovely poem. Thank you for sharing it with us.
If you want to have your Geocities website preserved, just submit it to the Internet Archives. The Internet Archives is working with Geocities website owners to index their sites for their posterity. You can submit your website at this link:
http://www.archive.org/web/geocities.php
Thanks for the link. I’ve submitted my site.
Thank you for sharing that lovely poem with us.
It is so inspiring.
I’m glad you found it inspiring. I feel down when I wrote it, I still feel a little down.
It is great to be inspired that way….
I think you are a great person and a great mum…
Don’t know you well as a wife!
Wish I could know you in person…..but maybe that would spoil everything…..:)
Eh, you don’t want to know me ah… lol.