I had something sad and tragic happen today on a road trip with my bride

We stopped at our favorite little store on a lonely little mountain roadside

This little store has been a fixture for thousands that have been stopping there for years

Remembering sitting in the rocking chair with moon pie and RC brings back such happy tears

We have always stopped at this special  hidden place in Georgia for over 40 years of our life

Why we have been making this sacred  stop with our daughter way more than once or twice

When we made our special daughter and daddy trip home for her to become a bride

The first thing that she asked to do was to stop at the gorge with me there by her side

Tragically this piece of history, like so many others, will now just fade away

Because the owner of the land has told them that the store must move away

It is more than just shutting the door on this little run down roadside country store

It’s closing the door on memories created that will last our children for evermore

I know that progress is something that cannot be slowed and ahead we must forge

But it doesn’t make any easier to watch the dying of the Overlook at Tallulah Gorge

From My World to Yours,

Bob Baker

The day is now upon us to celebrate our mothers once again

For without these beautiful creatures’ life would never even begin

Mothers are the wonderful gifts from God that give new life each day

They are the ones that nurture and guide us each until we learn our way

Some mothers they gave us life, while others answered a needed call

Some mothers are ours naturally and to others are not natural at all

Our mothers whether through natural birth or need, we love with all our heart

And the strong love between a mother and child should never ever fall apart

There are times in life when Mothers and children seem to strongly disagree

But when I look back upon those times in my life I’m glad Mom felt different than me

My Mom was strong and had a firm stance on things both right and wrong

But she taught us kids to be honest, good and in life you must be strong

So as you celebrate your Mom today remember the things that she did good

For her main purpose in this world is to teach you to live life as you should

From My World to Yours,

Bob Baker

The look in the eyes of people walking slowly down the street

The look on the face of many wondering how long they can eat

Without a job and no money coming in how will we all survive

Is the topic of discussion between a desperate husband and his wife

The government felt wise to shut down the lives of so very many

Forcing businesses to close and leaving people without even a penny

This virus is here now and in the future another will surely come

Bringing with it sickness to many and even bring death to someone

Now the experts are saying we should never again hug or even shake hands

But for me to have to live a life that way I’m afraid I would not be able to stand

Leaders need to let everyone open their businesses and put our country back on track

And let the American spirit and ingenuity start fighting to build our country back

From My World to Yours,

Bob Baker

She grabs her bag and walks out the door in scrubs and clip in her hair

Not knowing what she faces at the hospital when she arrives there

I see in her eyes a new concern and a certain amount of fear

For years when she left for work it was smiles and fear was not near

This is the new life of our nurses and doctors now fighting each day

They know they have a job to do and with family they can’t stay

Each day they leave their own life behind and do as they’re trained

As they set out to suit up and do what is needed to defeat this viral strain

Not everyone they treat will make it home and back to their family and life

But warriors on the front line hopefully will return home to husband or wife

So pray for my wife and all of the others that to the sickly they tirelessly tend

And pray this terrible episode of our lives will soon be over and come to an end

From My World to Yours,

Bob Baker

It’s not about life, it’s about how you choose to live

It’s about family, friends and the love you choose to give

You can go through your life worrying about things that you see

Or choose to let things just fly by and be happy as you can be

Sometimes we get caught up in our life’s numerous demands

And it’s like there is no way to put more in our full hands

So we tend to take our frustration out on others that are around

When we should just take a deep breath, step back and settle down

Now while we all have these demands and issues in life every day

How you choose to handle them is the decision for you to weigh

From My World to Yours,

Bob Baker

A cancer survivor just got great news and chose to share online
I feel a great relief and joy when this happens each and every time

Another year has now come and gone and never will it return

We’re hopefully a little wiser today by the things this year we learned

As in all past years in our life we have memories of this year too

Hopefully some memories we will cherish and remember our life through

Through this year we all have experienced our good days and our bad

We will have memories of the times this year both good times and the sad

This morning as I sit here on the porch alone enjoying this morning rain

I can’t help but to think of the memories this year that I was so lucky to gain

Sometimes is hard to put into perspective and view our life in positive ways

But just take a moment and reflect on your life especially the last 365 days

If you were too sit down with a calendar and go through this past year day by day

I’m sure you will find great days and memories outweigh the bad in a measurable way

From My World to Yours,

Bob Baker

We awaken into this world with nothing on our back

Dependent on our parents to provide everything we lack

As we grow rapidly up through our childhood days

We have everything provided for us in many different ways

We don’t have to worry about how we will be clothed or how we’re fed

All we have worry about is having fun and doing what our parents said

Then one day we face new challenges that are foreign and unforeseen

We have now become an adult and are out to chase our own dreams

We find this road as adults can be bumpy and sometimes even rough

So if we want to reach our goals we have to fight hard and be tough

So remember your parent’s job in the plan is not to be your best friend

But to instill in you the skills you need to be successful in the end

From My World to Yours,

Bob Baker

Christmas time is approaching fast and soon to be upon me once again

Time to go shopping for needless gifts for people I see every now and then

I wonder through the stores and online seeking for something unique

I drive myself crazy deciding on something they may want to keep

So I buy these folks something they don’t want and will never use again

But what the hell I’m off the hook and now that problem belongs to them

But I love to get up Christmas morning so happy the day has finally arrived

And we will gather around the Christmas tree lit up with Christmas lights

There is nothing in the world so pleasing to me as this morning once a year

Just having my family all here with me laughing and full of Christmas cheer

The true meaning of Christmas soon takes over and again I always see the light

That the reason for the season is to celebrate birth of Jesus on that glorious night

From My World to Yours,

Bob Baker

“I wonder what the future will bring” is something we have all asked

It may have been yesterday last year or at another time in our past

There is only one thing in our life that can provide the answer to this

That is you and I alone with personal drive and true desire to persist

We all create our own future both the good times and the bad

We also create how we approach our life either happy or maybe sad

Life is full of challenges for us that we will face each and every day

The choice of what the future will bring depends on how you choose to play

So the next time that you sit and ponder just what your future will bring

Remember only you can in your mind decide whether to be a pauper or a king

From My World to Yours,

Bob Baker

We have all had times in life when we were just afraid to fail

And give others an embarrassing story about you for them to go and tell

We knew in our heart that we wanted to just take that leaping chance

May have been asking someone in high school if they wanted to dance

For some of us the scare of failure comes along in our career

And for others it is investing for their future is what they seem to fear

It may be something as simple as walking alone down the dark street

Or afraid to give your opinion afraid of what others may think

Life is full of failures and successes we experience along the way

But living life afraid to take a chance is not how to live your day

Throughout my life I have experienced joyous times beyond belief

But along the way there were others when I experienced very deep grief

Through all the failures I’ve had in life and there’s been too many to count

The lessons I learned from failures were without a doubt most paramount

So as you go out and face the world today just look failure dead in the eye

Say to yourself I will win today and not fear failure and reach for the sky

From My World to Yours,

Bob Baker

“It’s not the cards you’re dealt it the way you play your hand”

This is an old saying that I think about every chance I can

It is one of the greatest lessons we will all learn in our life

Just another of the basics just like using a fork and a knife

We will never get through life without it’s ups and downs

We will all have days in life some with smiles and some with frowns

In life it’s not whether we will have problems in our life someday

It is whether we choose to handle them in a negative or positive way

So as I face the daily problems that I encounter in my own little space

I always try to choose to play my hand to win and in a way I can embrace

From My World to Yours,

Bob Baker

We all have our days when things seem to bring you down

Your life seems in shambles with problems and no way around

You walk through the door and wander aimlessly to your car

Crank up your private haven and just want drive away far

When the car door shuts and you are there in silence all alone

Away from the outside world problems and away from the phone

It doesn’t take long before you forget things that are wrong

Because we crank up the music and play our favorite song

That song may be about a love or a special time from your past

That song may be a slow heart wrenching ballad or rock and roll fast

It doesn’t matter the music as we all have our own style

Some of us like the classics and others like loud and wild

But one thing is for sure when things in my life seem to go wrong

Nothing cures my problems better than cranking up loud a great song

From My World to Yours,

Bob Baker