First morning at the house in Morgantown
West Virginia outside our bedroom window
snowflakes dancing in the wind
even before my coffee
dogs are out to pee
and romp excitedly in all the whiteness
puppies again they lick the snow
like sugar candy
three thousand miles we drove
through seven states
and now our new granddaughter
is just down the street
ten minutes walk away
with loving parents
tending to her every need
and we
feel such a wave of gratitude
that she and they
are safe and we as well
safely arrived and ready now
to settle in