A Year’s Family
January is beautiful
She is the creator of dreams and the relief from nightmares
She's pure and silent and all kinds of lovable
February is the smallest sister
She craves red-hearted romance and only wears pink lipstick
She is wild and bold but too in love with everything to ever have any control
March is the golden child
He has warm hands and an even warmer heart
He is nighttime baseball games and the morning coffee maker
Doing everything and anything to make his mother happy
April is colorful
She has fire red hair and garden green eyes
She is a flower bed all on her own and she knows her mother's favorite flowers are daisies
May loves sharing
She hides in green trees and swings hand in hand with June
Her best friend is April and together they grow gardens
June is needy
She wants everything she can get her hands on and doesn't stop until she gets it
She is messy and restless and has drifted so far from sleep she's forgotten how
July had too much going on
He is loud and busy and his temper sometimes gets out of hand
But he is adventurous and determined and nothing will stop him from living
August is the procrastinator
He is always busy but never busy enough to get anything done
He is trapped between wanting something and being too comfortable to go get it
September is kind
He is cold fingers and warm eyes
He walks hand in hand with August, a graceful mix of cold hands and warm souls
October is the dark child
She is fierce stares with ice blue eyes
She is yet timid but bold like chilly breezes, she only whispers
November gives warmth
She is pale skin and auburn hair
She may be cold to the touch but she will bring you cider and pumpkin pie just to see you smile
December is happy
He brings relief and good vibes with small hands
His rosy cheeks and small smiles will rid your troubles and help you move on
This family is a little bit of too much
Kindness and warmth mixed with icy stares and bitterness
This family is some beautiful and some loud, a little quiet and a little wild
This family is twelve friends with the same last name
This family is built on dreams and aspirations
All things good and high expectations
This family will embrace us and tell us it's okay
This family will pass us from cold hands to warm hands and we will learn to love them each on their own
And that is why they are a family.