Happy 80th Birthday Mom

A friend of my Mom sent this poem to her for her 80^th birthday:

(This poem was written to someone in the Newspaper on their 80^th Birthday)

80^th Birthday Poem

Eighty today, Dear Lord, I am 80, and there’s much I haven’t done

I hope, Dear Lord, you’ll let me live until I’m 81

But, if I haven’t finished all I want to do

Would you please let me stay awhile, until I’m 82?

So many places I want to go, so much I want to see

Do you think you could manage to make it 83?

Many things I may have done, but there’s so much left in store

I’d like it very much to live to 84

And if by then, I’m still alive,

Then I’d like to stay to 85

The world is changing very fast so I’d really like to stick

And see what happens to the world, when I’m 86

I know, Dear Lord, It’s a lot to ask, and it will be nice in heaven

But I’d really like to stay around until I’m 87

I know by then I won’t be fast and sometimes I’ll be late

But it would be oh-so-pleasant to be around at 88

I will have seen so many things and had a wonderful time

So, I’m sure that I’ll be willing to leave at 89 (Well__Maybe)