Without Doubt

This is a part of a collection of poems, stories, and short plays, written over many years to mark a particular occasion. Some were produced for use in church or church magazines, school events, and especially for birthdays, anniversaries, personal moments, and family happenings.

As many a poet has discovered, once you embark on writing poems for the wife’s birthday, wedding anniversaries, and so forth, it becomes an expected contribution, and there is no way
out of it—but it is still good f...