The Ebb and Flow of Good-bye and Hello!

Good-bye!
    I break the tie
       It's time to fly

          Who am I?

I was a kid

I ran

I fell

I got up

I danced

I went to school

I baked purple muffins

I pretended my bike was a horse

I learned anything that caught my fancy

I realized that people were watching me pretend

I loved the ocean and collected rocks and shells

I taught my dog to jump through a hula hoop

I was a singer of folk songs and hymns

I learned the names of butterflies

I was a dancer en pointe

I was a guitar player 
I was a gymnast

I grew up

I married

I was a college student

I was a mobile home dweller

I was on a farm far away from my ocean

I was a writer of stories and poems

I was a rider of Arabian horses

I was a terrible piano player

I was a gardener

I was an artist

I became a mother

I hid presents

I was a bread baker

I watched soccer games

I tucked little ones in bed

I made Christmas tree cookies
I made animal shaped pancakes 

I read The Tawny Scrawny Lion 200 times

I ran behind weaving two-wheel bikes

I applied ice and bandages

I sewed dance costumes

I cried at graduations

I was a teacher

I assessed

I tied shoes

I zipped coats

I talked to parents

I gave presentations

I saw fingers in noses

I cooked with 21 helpers

I read "Miss Rumphius" 22 times

I sang "I Love Mud" with enthusiasm

I wrote with colored markers and crayons

I cut snowflakes and hearts

I found lost snowpants

I read soggy notes

I wiped noses

I assessed

I retired

I will sew
I will write

I will draw

I will drink tea

I will bake bread

I will photograph beauty
I will make jewelry I like

I will be a happy grandmother

I will be a singer of soft lullabies

I will read "Miss Rumphius" again

I am still the someone I used to know

    But I will learn and grow

        In this new flow

Hello!