Trudge along Tigger

 Trudge along Tigger

I look at you in your Tigger suit

       trudging down the lane,

       head down and leaning into your task.

If you but knew that the lane runs into a road 

      and the road into along  highway

      you would have a map of your life.

It is the working, sweating and pulling gene controlled life

      you came by honestly that will take

      you down the lane, the road and long highway.  

For generations our family trudged behind a plow

      trudged through the snow delivering mail

      or trudged off to school to work with students.

In your gene pool there is also running,

      jumping, dancing skipping and hopping genes,

      but the boss factor is that trudging gene.

Now you are in a Tigger suit

     and it is time to know why

     your mother so suited you.

Soon you will read about Tigger

      who has a rubber top and

      springs for legs, 

He is the fast moving

      energetic and happy clown 

      of a person who makes life full of laughter.

Your mother knows that you will be 

     a faithful and responsible life trudger in

     the true family tradition .

When you see a job that needs to be done

      you will just do it well

      with sweat and hard effort.

But in your Tigger suit you will have a great time

      because you will have springs for legs and 

      and a belly laugh from your rubber top.

Doug Minnis

November 13, 2010