Haiku for every day of April 2025

Haiku for every day of April 2025

 April 1

Blood sugar goes down

Mounjaro every Tuesday

This is helping me

 

April 2

Breakfast with Shannon

At Another Broken Egg

Tried eggs benedict

 

April 3

Prius oil change

Early morning maintenance

Ten thousand miles

 

April 4

Cubs opening Day

At Wrigley, beat the Padres

3-1, sing the song!

 

April 5

Deckhand Oyster Bar

Catfish and giant TV

Golfers in our face

 

April 6

it’s Andi’s birthday!

Canvas print of family

Finn bigger than life

 

April 7

Houston vs Fla

Remember 2005?

Illini b’ball

 

April 8

Springtime in Texas

But where are the blue bonnets

Maybe skip a year?

 

April 9

Patio heaven

Outside in the April breeze

Close my eyes and smile

 

April 10

Where to live next year

Can’t we figure something out?

Eventually …

 

April 11

Gattitown birthday

Boys invited by their friends

Won prizes, swords, shields

 

April 12

Marg and Linda went

To Grace retreat, Camp Tejas

Music, teaching, crafts

 

April 13

On Palm Sunday, joy

Alleluias on the path

Of Jesus’ passion

 

April 14

got car washed again

picked up boys from ACS

Peter Pan plays on

 

April 15

Tuesday of sixth week

Nearly finished with our fast

What has changed, what’s real?

 

April 16

Say goodbye to Lent

Jesus sets his face like flint

Rubber meets the road

 

April 17

In the darkest night

We sleep – Jesus prays, sweats blood

Christ will soon be killed

 

April 18

Up and down the hills

Jasper and I exploring

Took it out of me!

 

April 19

Wait, sit, silent, pray

Easter vigil tonight

sing pray praise baptize

 

April 20

Family picture

Ham at Ken and Machiko’s

Celebrate Easter

 

April 21

Yes, he is risen

Redemption in the desert

Fifty Christ-filled days

 

April 22

A crown for Marg’ret

Her mouth’s getting full of them

A right royal smile

 

April 23

Drive back home from school

Tired boys in the back seat

Finished Peter Pan

 

April 24

At last an answer

Margaret’s eyes scratched by

Turned in eyelids – ah!

 

April 25

Lunch at museum

IMAX Ancient Caves with boys

Marg with Andi, Finn

 

April 26

Grandkids and grandmas

Chose pots and painted them

Hope, hot air balloon …

 

April 27

With water and love

Finn and Ruth christened today

And then, back to sleep

 

April 28

Write into the night

Westward, unhurried words that

Reach into my heart

 

April 29

Simple quiet day

Left my worries at the door

Took some deep, long breaths

 

April 30

Cubs are in first place

Here at the end of April

Just five months to go