Everyone knows 
At this time of year 
Everyone should be happy 
Full of good cheer 

With loved ones around them 
And good food to eat 
All is merry 
What a wonderful feat. 

But many people 
Will be going without 
Whether they've lost loved ones 
Or their next meal brings doubt 

There are so many people 
Who have the hardest times 
Trying to get though the holidays 
Pretending to be fine 

Now, I know I'm not a millionaire 
And I never,  ever will be 
But I'm the richest woman alive 
With the people who surround me 

Work mates and family
Who have all accepted me for me 
They help me through step by step
They support me unconditionally 

I take pride in describing my family
To those who'll lend an ear 
I tell them the funny points, and some bad
But never my biggest fear... 

That one day I'll blink, and they'll all be gone
It's something that worries me now
But I cant control it, and you know what 
I refuse to live with a frown 

Life can chew me up
And spit me right out too
But have one thing, no one has
(and I don't mean the winter flu) 

I've got unique life experience 
Never seen from my point of view
But I carry it proudly day by day
A life, well worn, but still so new 

I do miss my family back home
Anyone would, in my shoes
But I grow stronger day by day
And I can deal with the blues 

But people who I will yearn for most
On this year's Christmas day
Are either no longer in this world
Or a hundred miles away