One Year Anniversary

One Year Anniversary

© by Bud Lemire on Jan 25, 2006

It's a one year anniversary

Of the team of Bud, Mina, & Ernie

We've worked together for one year

A friendship built on all things dear

The many times we helped Ernie out of bed

I washed his underarms, you washed his head

You washed an underarm, I washed his chest

Then came his shirt, he looked his best

I'd do his exercises, you checked his blood

We carried on, the team of Ernie, Mina, & Bud

I'd give him a massage, and crumpled napkins by his left side

And many times, we took him outside for a ride

It wasn't easy keeping up with him, when he was in high gear

But with me on the job, you didn't have any fear

Down the streets, and a stroll down Lake Shore Drive

And home again, is where we'd soon arrive

The pictures that I've taken, the beauty I have seen

All the changing seasons, including summer's green

Butterflies and flowers, dragonflies too

Every day an adventure, whatever we would do

Happy Anniversary, we made it through one year

It was very easy, with people I hold dear

I'm not sure how far we'll go, or when this team will end

So it's with a lot of love, within this poem I send

Ernie passed away. I spent many wonderful times with

Mina, until she also passed away. Two wonderful people

together again in Heaven.