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Yes Ma'am
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Yes Ma'am |
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caroline Senior Member
since 1999-08-16
Posts 1218http://members.xoom.com/belladona123/index.htm |
Drifting away, a little at a time she doesn't remember my name or why I have come to see her but she hugs me just the same and asks if I know her Yes ma'am, I know you… you are my heart and soul my smile, my tears my brown eyes all of my memories will take the place of those you've lost oh yes ma'am they are good ones you made them so… it was your laugh, and your proper Southern ladylike ways, your faith in God and in your husband the way you loved us all so much that we never, ever doubted it it was the sugar cookies and ice cream, fried chicken and coca-cola in those little bottles it was peace sitting next to you in church on Sunday, after you came to Sunday school to sing "Did you ever see a Lassie" with all of us tiny off-key moppets it was the way we knew you were glad to see us come to visit, and those hugs you gave were always the very best…the very best I still hear your laugh…with that little sigh that always followed it oh how I love that sound… yes ma'am, I know you yes ma'am, I'm your granddaughter yes ma'am, I love you very much caroline all rights reserved ------------------ The only man worth your tears will never make you cry... |
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Denise
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Member Seraphic
since 1999-08-22
Posts 22648 |
caroline, this is so beautiful and touching. sweet and sad at the same time. Very nice! ------------------ Denise |
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caroline Senior Member
since 1999-08-16
Posts 1218http://members.xoom.com/belladona123/index.htm |
Thank you Denise. I cried writing it...she is in another state, and I miss her so much. I keep turning back time in my mind to see her again. ------------------ The only man worth your tears will never make you cry... |
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Poet deVine
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Member Seraphic
since 1999-05-26
Posts 22612Hurricane Alley |
I hope you send this to your grandmother! It's one of the sweetest tributes I've read in some time. She will love it! I felt her gentleness in your words and knew immediately it was about someone you loved and missed! |
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Sue Member
since 1999-08-04
Posts 383France |
Beautiful. |
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amber Member
since 1999-06-15
Posts 240los banos, ca, |
caroline, i enjoy your owrk very much, there is so much emotion. i have been in this same situation with my grandmother, right before she passed away from cancer. i was trying so hard to tell her goodbye, and i wanted to reminise about the past and thank her for all of the memories, and it hurt so bad to know that she couldnt find them anywhere in her heart. needless to say it broke mine. very beautiful! |
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Nan
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Member Seraphic
since 1999-05-20
Posts 21191Cape Cod Massachusetts USA |
hehe... This one is great - I visited my 96 year old grandmother this week - She said that I looked like someone she knows - She figured it out, eventually....  |
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Sunshine
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Member Empyrean
since 1999-06-25
Posts 63354Listening to every heart |
Grandparents are such wonderful people...and those that have them are doubly blessed. |
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