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Beatrice Boyle
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since 2006-12-06

Posts 438

0 posted 2007-01-28 05:49 PM

It seems like only yesterday,
I held him by the hand
This evening he was married
Now he is a man
Yesterday, he left for school
Kissed me...said goodbye
Now I'm at his wedding
Trying not to cry

I picked him up from Little league
Only yesterday, you see
Now he's at the altar
With his Bride on bended knee
Yesterday, he rode a bike
Today, he drives a car
To see him stand there all grown up
Seems a bit bizarre`

Time has overtaken us
Little did I know
How soon he would be all grown up
Now it's time to go
"All my love, my children
Now you're Man and wife
God bless you both
As you start your brand new life"

I turn away to dry my tears
I don't want him to see
How sad I am he's all grown up
And that he's leaving me
"Goodbye my son" I whisper
"I'm so proud of you"
Yet in my heart he wil remain
The little boy I knew

Seymour Tabin
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since 1999-07-07

Posts 31720
Tamarac Fla

1 posted 2007-01-28 06:00 PM

Beatrice Boyle
You captured it beautifully. Well done I
enjoyed the read.

Roniece Dawson-Bruce
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since 2000-01-29

Posts 5689
Sydney, Australia

2 posted 2007-01-28 06:29 PM

Grandma Bea... you ol' softy you!! love this one of yours! RDB

Be kind at heart....for everyone you meet has their own battle to fight.........

passing shadows
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since 1999-08-26

Posts 45577
displaced

3 posted 2007-01-28 07:10 PM

Fairplay
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since 2007-01-15

Posts 222
England

4 posted 2007-01-28 07:39 PM

This reminds me of a TV program in which “the other half” was complaining of their in-laws and how they married each other not the entire family….

It’s one of those unpredictable equations… ? sometimes letting go and remembering they have a whole new life…. Err and responsibilities…

Choose a good care home ….

Eric

miscellanea
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since 2004-06-24

Posts 4060
OH

5 posted 2007-01-28 09:50 PM

Beatrice,

A tear jerker, but very beautiful! Although it may seem like a lost when a son leaves the home, I can imagine how he will strive to pass down the goodness he received at home. Can we ever share too much love?
I enjoyed your poem very much, and am including your thread in my library. Thank you.

Beatrice Boyle
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since 2006-12-06

Posts 438

6 posted 2007-01-29 02:39 AM

Thanks Seymour...of course we'd like to keep them close to us as long as we can...but it's also a sense of great pride to see them grow into wonderful, caring, people who will start a whole new family to love.

Bea

Beatrice Boyle
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since 2006-12-06

Posts 438

7 posted 2007-01-29 02:43 AM

Thank you Roniece...My son cringes when he reads this...my grandson however (Slater, 14 yrs old) howls with delight!

Beatrice Boyle
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since 2006-12-06

Posts 438

8 posted 2007-01-29 02:44 AM

Thanks Shadows...

Beatrice Boyle
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since 2006-12-06

Posts 438

9 posted 2007-01-29 02:50 AM

Hi Eric...Luckily, I have a lovely daughter in-law and along with her family, we all get along extremly well together. (of course...I've had my tongue sutured several times from biting it!!

Bea

Beatrice Boyle
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since 2006-12-06

Posts 438

10 posted 2007-01-29 02:59 AM

Thank you micsallania.

Bea

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