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Delores Hall
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since 1999-07-16
Posts 342
USA

0 posted 1999-07-20 02:40 PM


When I get bigger can I go around the block?
Or maybe even put on my own socks?
"Yes"her mother say's.

When I get bigger can I go to school?
Or dress up in your outfits and look real cool?
"Yes"her mother say's.

When I get bigger can I play on the slide?
Or maybe go out to the beach and watch the tide?
"Yes"her mother say's.

When I get bigger can I kiss the boys?
And forget about playing with all the toys?
"Yes"her mother say's.

When I get bigger can I have children and marry?
Or buy a dog that's really hairy?
"Yes"her mother say's.

When I get bigger can I be a grandma?
And tell the children to call me Na Na?
"Yes"her mother say's.

When I get bigger can I die and go to heaven?
Maybe like when I'm seventy seven?

Her mother say's "I know that day will come."
"But I hope that I'll be up there and will have so much fun."
So. "Yes"her mother says.



© Copyright 1999 Delores Hall - All Rights Reserved
hoot_owl_rn
Member Patricius
since 1999-07-05
Posts 10750
Glen Hope, PA USA
1 posted 1999-07-20 03:25 PM


This is cute...it like it's simplicity. To be a child again and see things in the light of their eyes, it would be wonderful....

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"Nobody has measured, not even poets, how much the heart can hold" ~Zelda Fitzgerald

Andrew Scott
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since 1999-06-24
Posts 2558
Redlands,CA,USA
2 posted 1999-07-20 05:06 PM


Oh, how this one rings so true. My three and four year olds are already asking such questions. Although very light, I like how the mother doesn't try to hide and protect even from the tough questions of boys and death. Thanks for the smile
elvira
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since 1999-07-06
Posts 936
California
3 posted 1999-07-20 07:08 PM


well done indeed

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one night at the airport...Childhood Memories...eight short weeks...your countenance...hoarse whispers...My One and Only...Tribute to M.J... serving wench...the mistress...stolen hours ...devotion...Master...apart...


Delores Hall
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since 1999-07-16
Posts 342
USA
4 posted 1999-07-20 08:54 PM


Thank you.I value all your inputs.This is what makes writing so fun.
Ohme
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since 1999-07-17
Posts 816
Texas
5 posted 1999-07-20 08:59 PM


I like the stability of 'Mother'
Justbleu
Member Elite
since 1999-08-31
Posts 3329
Oregon, Originally From Alaska :)
6 posted 2000-07-17 11:41 AM


Digging around the archives for lost treasures and came across this simply wonderful piece about a mother and her daughter!!  I loved this...the simplicity and everything!!  
Bridgette  


"Somewhere, somehow, it should be possible to touch someone and never let go again. To hold someone, not for a moment but forever." Unknown

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