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Dear Joanne #1
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Dear Joanne #1 |
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latearrival Member Ascendant
since 2003-03-21
Posts 5499Florida 
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Dear Joanne Mothering still..not able to believe you are gone So soon, with so much left unsaid, undone. Sitting here hour after hour. Sifting; sorting; reading; saving letters from the past; essays; thoughts jotted down. There are no answers hidden there, what drives us to believe that one word or phrase could be deciphered? Your life can not be brought back, nor made easier for you. Nor can it ease my sorrow. Feburary 1989 Written the days following the sad death of our daughter Joanne. I found these in an old journal, I have never shown this one or the next one I post. 'Late" [This message has been edited by latearrival (09-22-2007 10:03 PM).] |
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Kethry Member Rara Avis
since 2000-07-29
Posts 9082Victoria Australia |
How sad. I'm sure going through the journal must have raised painful yet loving memories. I pray your grief is short and you remember the good times soon. a good commitee can decimate communication. |
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latearrival Member Ascendant
since 2003-03-21
Posts 5499Florida |
Yes Kethry,it was a long time ago, but I stil talk to Joanne and sometime wear her high school class ring to be a little closer.thank you. "late" |
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Marchmadness Member Rara Avis
since 2007-09-16
Posts 9271So. El Monte, California |
Hi latearrival I lost my daughter in 2000 so I felt your poem deeply. It is so hard to deal with what is left of a person's life when they are gone as far as personel things, So hard to sort and get rid of things when you feel a need to keep every thing. Ida |
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latearrival Member Ascendant
since 2003-03-21
Posts 5499Florida |
Yes Ida, harder when you know they had a life ahead of them and we can not be together to share. thank you for your thoughts. "late" |
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JamesMichael Member Empyrean
since 1999-11-16
Posts 33336Kapolei, Hawaii, USA |
Thank you for sharing these words from your heart for your daughter Joanne...James |
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latearrival Member Ascendant
since 2003-03-21
Posts 5499Florida |
Thank you James. You are ever there with something sweet.Sorry to add sad,but time does heal,not to forget but to remember. "late" |
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Marge Tindal 
since 1999-11-06
Posts 42384Florida's Foreverly Shores |
MartyJo~ There are tender memories to be held gently and remembered often in your journal~ This is such a tender recall ...~ *Huglets*  ~*Marge*~ ~*The sound of a kiss is not as strong as that of a cannon, but it's echo endures much longer*~ |
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JL Member Ascendant
since 2004-04-01
Posts 6128Texas, USA |
"Mothering still..not able to believe you are gone So soon, with so much left unsaid, undone." This is heartbreaking to read. Even though it was 18 years ago you are "Mothering still". God Bless. JL  Blessed are those who are generous, because they feed the poor. |
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moondogz Member
since 2007-05-01
Posts 397Great White North |
Very touching "Late", thanks for sharing this, sweet that you still talk to Joanne. My mom's been on "the other side" since 1995 and we still "talk." moon. |
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latearrival Member Ascendant
since 2003-03-21
Posts 5499Florida |
JL, Thank you, mothering now only through thought, but remembering always. Marge,Thank you, I sometimes wear her high school ring to feel closer. It helps even though, as JL said, she is 18 years older now. She would be fifty three in November and I can not picture her so. Moondogz. A nice young person you are, thanks for dropping by again. Appreciating all of you so much, "late" |
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