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Juggling - Oct. 21, 2025

  • Gary Hunter
  • Oct 21, 2025
  • 1 min read

when I was younger

I could keep

many balls in the air

 

a job, checkbook, relationships  

shopping, car-maintenance 

tennis, lunches

  birthdays, trips

 

now, if I manage to catch

one thing life throws my way

I celebrate with a nap

 

rest up and

get my strength back

so I can worry about

what’s coming next

 

 

 

 

 

 
 
 

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