Maxine’s First Christmas

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cat with a toy mouse

we wrapped it
in tinsel green, red
paper torn

her toy mouse
tethered
to a lower branch

the best present
a little boy
held

little boy and his cat
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Melinda J. Irvine

Melinda J. Irvine is a freelance writer, blogger and creative. She writes for business clients and online publications all over the world. When she’s not writing about holistic health and ways to become a more effective writer, Mel is practicing tai chi and supporting the emotional wellbeing of marginalised kids in the Philippines. Sometimes she even has time to cross stitch.

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4 responses to “Maxine’s First Christmas”

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    […] – Positively Un-broken 20. yochet – Holiday Organizing 21. expectations – Tiny Fawns 22. Melinda J. Irvine – Maxine’s First Christmas 23. Seek – Wings Of Poetry 24. Not extravagantly cozy yet – In my world 25. copypower – […]

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    Susan W Goldstein

    ❤️❤️❤️

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    ksbeth

    aw, what a doll –

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      Melinda J. Irvine

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