80 Years Young

Pat Stevenson "Grandma Pat"

This poem was written for her by her friends in the WOW group (Widows of the Wasatch)

Pat Ooh Pat, how did you get where you're at?

Eighty years young

You inspire us all

Happy birthday's been sung

So let's have a ball!

We have a list....eighty items in all

It's the "we love Pat list"

We think you're a doll.

It's a list of your talents

There are too many to count

So we stopped at eighty

Your birthday amount!

I have talents one through ten

So I guess that I'll begin

1.  Jacks sweetheart

2.  Wonderful mom

3.  Grandma of 9

4.  Great Grandma of 10

5. You're a great example.

6. Slope loving skier

7.  Credit card Diva

8.  Hard work believer

9.  Premiere primary teacher

10.  If a friend has a problem...you can reach her.

Now I get to give 11-20

The accolades are piling up...you certainly have plenty

11.  Creative

12.  Gardening genius

13.  Seamstress superior

12.  Decorator Interior

13.  Great friend

14.  Sign maker extraordinaire

15.  Very sophisticated with your short, white hair

16.  Queen of short

17.  Mormon Momma, a queen to be

18.  Pottery painter

19.  Own home lodger

20.  Definitely a mushroom dodger

(numbered as in the paper I received!)

Twenty one through thirty.  It's my turn...yay!

I hope these next ten will make your day.

21.  Cross country Grandma

22.  Sewing super woman

23.  Shopping Diva

24.  Church "Beliva"

25.  Inspirational

26.  Terrific talents

27.  On the sloped you keep your balance

28.  Super mom

29.  Rock mover

30.  Party groover!

Oh boy, I get thirty-one to forty to share

I hope this lets you know how much we care!

31.  Wonderful wife

32.  Cake maker

33.  Loyal

34.  Vacation taker

35.  Chocolate hater

36.  Ageless

37.  Luminous

38.  Personality plus

39.  Traveled to Tunisia

40.  Worries about old timers amnesia

I have forty-one to fifty

Have you figured out we think you're nifty?

41.  Generous

42.  Kind

43.  Tree planter

44.  Balloon wearer

45.  Non swearer

46.  Head honcho of Stevenson clan

47.  twenty three long years without her man!

48.  Basket ball impresario...not

49.  Sixty years since you tied the knot

50.  Attitude of gratitude you've got!

Fifty one to sixty...this is getting long

We're sure glad to the WOW's you belong

51.  Radical Republican

52.  Racy lady

53.  Heavenly human

54.  Great shopper

55.  Never been a name dropper

56.  Woman of substance

57.  Woman of wisdom

58.  Woman of charity

59.  Woman who can do anything

60.  Who solves problems with clarity

Sixty one through seventy that's what's coming next

Would you prefer I send these by text?

61.  Flowering tree lover

62.  Handled well the loss of her brother

63.  Can tackle any task and do it well.

64.  You know sinning will lead you to....

65.  Eighty going on fifty

66. Still learning to be thrifty

67.  Two sisters who love you

68.  Helped care for your mother

69.  We think you're terrific

70.  There is no other!

Seventy one to eighty that's terrific

Let's hope your talent list is very specific!

71.  Fixes anything inside or out

72.  Maybe plumbing isn't your thing

73.  But you can put up drywall and

install a swing.

74.  Terril's mom

75.  Shauna's mom

76.  Then there's Kerry, Joel, and Drew

77.  they love their mom

78.  We do too

79.  Our lives are better because of you

80.  You're a class act...and that is true!

Pat oh Pat, how did you get where you're at

The answer for us is quite clear.

You developed your talents and with dignity shared them

That's why we honor you here!

 Her WOW friends have done a very good job describing her we all love her very much.