What I Am To Me

I am foremost, a wife and a mother.

Next, I'm a daughter and daycare provider,

A sister, an aunt, a Hanny, a Fee.

This is a description of what I am to me. 

I worship God, every day of the week.

It is His direction that I try to seek.

I consider myself a conservative hippy.

I am a homemaker. I try to be thrifty.

If you don't get to know me, I can be misread.

I am sometimes quite shy, unless something needs said.

I have my beliefs. I believe they are true.

I like the outdoors. I don't like to wear shoes.

I have only kissed one man in my life.

I am now proud to say, I am his wife.

I am an old soul, who is young at heart.

If I cannot finish something, then I don't like to start.

I like to rhyme things, if you couldn't tell.

I love art and history, but I cannot spell.

I am a tomboy, who grew into a woman.

I love to say that I can when the world said I couldn't

Being a little different doesn't really bother me.

I guess I've never been tempted by normality. 

I try my best to do what I know to be right.

Because I know if I don't, I'll have to pay the price.

I am extremely happy 98% of the time.

I put my baby in cloth diapers. I hang clothes on the line.

I live next door to my grandparents and  parents.

I guess I am a homebody to a certain extent.

I love spring, like summer, love fall.

I could pretty much do without winter at all.

I want to be boss, but I need to be lead.

I like to smile at people and hope that it spreads.

I like to take pictures, but am not a photographer.

I like to star gaze, but am not an astonomer.

I have quite a long story, so it's often untold.

Some of my best times have been with two year olds.

I try my very best to me true to myself.

I imagine the stories in the books on the shelves.

I always have plans and interests and projects.

I love simple things, though I am complex.

Though I don't feel like this poem is done,

I'll save the rest for another day's fun!