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Marchmadness
Member Rara Avis

since 2007-09-16

Posts 9271
So. El Monte, California

0 posted 2011-08-12 04:41 PM

I am wrapping
Bright yellow presents
(summer color you know)
Today she turns twenty-two
my shining Leo.
When she blows out her candles
with a silent wish,
my heart will still hear
when she says to herself,
"I wish my mother was here."

Ida Werrett

For my grandaughter Crystal.

JerryPat2
Member Laureate

since 2011-02-06

Posts 16975
South Louisiana

1 posted 2011-08-12 07:43 PM

Very sad.

~ I knew drugs weren't the answer. I just had to find out for myself. ~

ebonygirl
Member Elite

since 2011-07-14

Posts 2000
California U.S.A

2 posted 2011-08-12 08:55 PM

Mother's Spirit will always be watching over Crystal.
Your Friend Always,
Edna

OwlSA
Member Rara Avis

since 2005-11-07

Posts 9347
Durban, South Africa

3 posted 2011-08-13 03:13 AM

Aching for you and Chrystal.

Owl

secondhanddreampoet
Member Ascendant

since 2006-11-07

Posts 6394
a 'Universalist' !

4 posted 2011-08-13 04:46 AM

I'm most sorry to hear of your loss.

suthern

Member Seraphic

since 1999-07-29

Posts 20723
Louisiana

5 posted 2011-08-16 02:13 PM

Those wishes never go away... but they do become bearable, especially when we're surrounded by love. This is beautiful and touching!

Margherita
Member Seraphic

since 2003-02-08

Posts 22236
Eternity

6 posted 2011-08-16 02:45 PM

Heartwrenching in its beauty and sadness, dear Ida.

Crystal's Mother is always close, I am sure, but the longing for a hug on her special day must be oh so intense.

Love your choice of yellow-sunshine gifts.

Love,
Margherita

nakdthoughts
Member Laureate

since 2000-10-29

Posts 19200
Between the Lines

7 posted 2011-08-16 05:29 PM

some days I don't know how to respond~~

M

BluesSerenade
Member Patricius

since 2001-10-23

Posts 10549
By the Seaside

8 posted 2011-08-16 07:37 PM

You write with a special kind of love that endures. and lives in the heart forever.

jwesley
Member Rara Avis

since 2000-04-30

Posts 7563
Spring, Texas

9 posted 2011-08-18 09:34 AM

as long as she has that, she'll be a wonderful mother herself one day, my friend...beautiful write,

j.

OwlSA
Member Rara Avis

since 2005-11-07

Posts 9347
Durban, South Africa

10 posted 2011-08-18 12:02 PM

Reading again, and very grateful that Crystal has such a wonderful grandmother!

Owl

Prasad Nataraj
Senior Member

since 2008-05-29

Posts 1149
Bangalore,India

11 posted 2011-08-23 02:39 AM

fine writing, Ida.Life surely is cruel!

"The secret behind survival of mankind is kindness and love within our hearts"

JL
Member Ascendant

since 2004-04-01

Posts 6128
Texas, USA

12 posted 2011-08-26 02:38 PM

Very much said in that last verse.

Nice write, Ida.

JL

Sunshine

Administrator

Member Empyrean

since 1999-06-25

Posts 63354
Listening to every heart

13 posted 2011-08-26 08:33 PM

Ida,

I apologize for being too weak to
respond to this the first time I read
it, as it meant so much to me. My
daughter Krystal lost her grandmother
early in her life, and I can imagine my
daughter making that very wish about her
grandmother at every birthday...in so many
ways, they are so alike.

Thank you.

Alison

Member Rara Avis

since 2008-01-27

Posts 9318
Lumpy oatmeal makes me crazy!

14 posted 2011-08-29 01:16 AM

You touched me, Ida. Touched me deeply.

Love you,
Alison

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