Haiku for every day of January 2023
January 1
Anytime or where –
This great eternal movie
We say YES with joy
January 2
Bowl football for Ill
Great game but last second loss
Best year in so long!
January 3
Liar? Lunatic?
Lord – allows us to worship
Him … and so we do
January 4
Tell me what to do
I don’t know how to do this
You empower me
January 5
Let God tell us this:
“You are weak, and I am strong.
Trust me with yourselves.”
January 6
I am so afraid
And so are you, but of what?
Leave control to God
January 7
Cost everything? Nothing?
It’s Monopoly money
Or long trains of gold
January 8
Spirit transformer
Sealed inside me forever
Waiting permission
January 9
Texas capitol
With Jasper, watching this world
Through his cam’ra lens
January 10
Newspaper noticed
Jasper could soon be famous
Texas culture shock
January 11
Talk of tequila
And God – Back Yard just the place
With Harlow and Ben
January 12
I quit. I am yours
In all I say, all I do
Your thoughts are my thoughts
January 13
Friday the thirteenth
Let’s go to the library!
Read a scary book
January 14
left the dome lights on
battery is dead! Me too?
Get perspective, Dave!
January 15
We broke our tent (pole)!
Boys here for wild sleepover
Watched Mary Poppins
January 16
Georgetown here we come
Holiday trip to Aldi (MLK Day)
Miles, Jasper both
January 17
Hangin’ out with George
Anne, Margaret, Cultivate
We all talked and talked
January 18
Peacocks strut downtown
Jasper follows them and we
Will follow Jasper
January 19
Jack’s scholastic bowl
And there’s Aly’s volleyball
Fun for whole fam’ly
January 20
Old Britannica
My friend Mike can’t wait for it
Two empty bookshelves!
January 21
Mary Kay scrapbook
I can lose myself in this
History with Mom
January 22
Throw yourself right in –
Spirit, truth, relationships –
God’s sweet soup for us
January 23
look down deep and see
salvation – costume jewelry
or tarnished silver?
January 24
Heavy metal screams!
I need my monkey buddy
Together we thrive
January 25
Snow storm, no weddings
In Danville, no folks to see
What a good plan, God!
January 26
Bronchitis, Deem says
Surely I can sleep awhile
Curl up, cozy, rest
January 27
Walleye at Bunny’s
Time to talk with server – Marc
In his element
January 28
Storms catch up with me
Darkness, Arkansas pothole
Made it to motel
January 29
Bubble in my tire
500 high speed miles
Miracles don’t cease
January 30
Grandparents play on
Jasper’s play-doh holiday
Read books by the fire
January 31
Stuffy nose, dry mouth
Icy sky, road, windshields too
Sit and start a fire
