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Marchmadness
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0 posted 2009-03-05 02:53 PM


My mother was a puzzle within a puzzle.
Clinging to the web of life
though she feared the spider.
A motherless child,
a product of her grandmother's fears
and superstitions.
As complicated an individual
as my father.

               Ida Werrrett

[This message has been edited by Marchmadness (03-05-2009 09:11 PM).]

© Copyright 2009 Ida Werrett - All Rights Reserved
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1 posted 2009-03-05 03:01 PM


Fascinating and personal piece, Ida.
Robert E. Jordan
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2 posted 2009-03-05 03:12 PM


Yo dear Ida,

This is an interesting piece.

Two parent families can be very complicated.

Love Bobby

Margherita
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3 posted 2009-03-05 05:44 PM


It seems couples find each other because they are similar.
Life is complex and complex individuals multiplicate the complexity most certainly!
But see these parents' offspring Ida, what a wise and beautifully sensitive woman she is and what an original Poet! So I would say they did a great job with you.
Love,
Margherita



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4 posted 2009-03-05 06:08 PM


...and from out of the arid land rose an eagle!

Love you, my dear Ida Belle!

Linda

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5 posted 2009-03-05 07:36 PM



Dear Ida I'm right with Margherita on this one, someone has certainly put you on the right trail in life. Take care, love

Lindsay

Marchmadness
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6 posted 2009-03-05 09:09 PM


Thank you all for the wonderful comments. I was going though some albums and thinking how I only have one or two old pictures of my parents because they would not allow themselves to be photographed. My mother's mother died when she was young and she was raised (to 14) by her Scottish Grandmother who was a midwife and healer. The old ways mixed with religion. Her father was native American (which added some more interesting cultural flavor to the mix). My father was another long and complicated story.
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7 posted 2009-05-10 07:21 PM


Parents are a puzzle.  This is good, Ida, and fitting for today.  

Happy Mother's Day to you and thank you for sharing pieces of you with us.

Love,
Alison

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