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WTBAKELAR

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since 2008-09-09

Posts 1089
Utah, USA

0 posted 2008-12-12 10:27 AM

“I miss her so much”, She said to me,
As tears slipped from her eye,
I can’t imagine the Holidays this year,
I feel so sad; I can’t help but cry,

She loved to give and plan and scheme,
For everyone, some special gift,
If it took all year, or just a minute,
She’d do her best to fulfill your wish,

The Holidays would bring her such happiness,
Not just in the getting and giving,
It was gathering her loved ones close,
That was her great joy in living,

It’s going to be so hard without her,
Christmas just wont be the same,
But the greatest gift she ever gave us,
Is the family we became.

The answer is always NO, Until the question is asked.

HopeS
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since 2000-12-22

Posts 4596
Perth Western Australia

1 posted 2008-12-12 11:33 AM

Beautiful and touching , I miss my mother especially at Christmas time

Hope

Marc-Andre
Senior Member

since 2008-12-07

Posts 501

2 posted 2008-12-12 12:06 PM

I like the ending

May your family have a merry Christmas. Mark

Marchmadness
Member Rara Avis

since 2007-09-16

Posts 9271
So. El Monte, California

3 posted 2008-12-12 01:48 PM

This is a beautiful poem thst reminds us all of the someone me miss at Christmas time.

Ida

steavenr
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since 2003-11-17

Posts 4058

4 posted 2008-12-12 02:09 PM

nice ending...it touches a part of the heart that's made for missing...thank you for sharing

Alison

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since 2008-01-27

Posts 9318
Lumpy oatmeal makes me crazy!

5 posted 2008-12-13 01:41 AM

I am glad that I stopped to read. Thank you for reminding me of what is important. We can never really hear this message too much.

Merry Christmas to you and yours.

Alison

LindsayP
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since 2007-07-28

Posts 3410
Australia, Victoria

6 posted 2008-12-14 09:30 PM

Ditto to Alison's remarks WT, she told it well. Have a happy Xmas my friend and keep smiling.

Lindsay

YoungatHeart2
Member

since 2008-12-12

Posts 81

7 posted 2008-12-14 10:14 PM

I loved this poem.
Thank you for sharing this personal event in your life. Writing about a lost loved one at this time of year helps to deal with the emptiness.
YaH

WTBAKELAR

Senior Member

since 2008-09-09

Posts 1089
Utah, USA

8 posted 2008-12-15 10:32 AM

Thank you all for your kind words.
We lost my Mother-in-Law just a few months ago. I have been part of that family for 12 years and I miss her more that expected.
My Wife and her sisters are having a really hard time with Christmas.
I wrote this to help them remember what their mother gave them.

Love to all and rememeber to keep your loved ones close, especially at this time of year.

Have a very Merry Christmas

Love and poetic wishes to all WT.

SEA

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Member Seraphic

since 2000-01-18

Posts 22676
with you

9 posted 2008-12-18 10:21 AM

I lost my dad in May, and I can't even think about it right now. He was my rock.
I'm sorry your wife and her sisters are hurting, missing. Remembering her this way is very sweet.I'm sure one the "girls" will pick up the torch and carry on the gathering

2islander2
Member Ascendant

since 2008-03-12

Posts 6825
by the sea

10 posted 2008-12-18 01:37 PM

touching poem , this woman is beautiful , as you say to give is a joy for the "giver".

thanks for the beautiful poem.

yann

Oklahoma Rose
Senior Member

since 2008-02-28

Posts 1586
Oklahoma USA

11 posted 2009-05-26 07:53 PM

Very beautiful poem. I'm sorry for your lose.

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