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Hello, Mom
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Hello, Mom |
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Sunshine
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since 1999-06-25
Posts 63354Listening to every heart 
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Hello, Mom I thought I would take a few moments to say hello to you today, for you were gently on my mind, and I had a few new things to say. Like, hey, you’re a great-grand again, mother and child are doing fine, I was at their bedside throughout, like you wished you’d been at mine. I thought of you while holding him, all nestled to me safe and warm, I thought that you would wish for him, that he be safe from harm. Then I had to hand him over, like all good grandmothers do and I knew within my heart, that the “giving away” was the clue. So like you, I took a breath, and let it gently out, soft and still, more and more I know just what you must have thought and felt. To be a “grand” must be inherent, you care for them just as much; thought-provoking, isn’t it, what one gets from a baby’s touch. So Mom, just thought I’d let you know what’s deep within my heart, all the words we never said, but never really kept us far apart. For I find myself to be more like you, each and every day, and Mom, I miss you most, when I kiss my babes and pray. For that is when you’re at my shoulder, gazing over us all, and sometimes, I feel your touch, and again I can hear your call. Memories flood through my mind, I could have never imagined the best would come to me through pain and fear, that I would pass the tests. So when my grandbabies hug me, I’ll silently think of you, and thank you again in my mind, to what you’d led me to. And Mom, tell my Dad hello for me, he would love these children fine, and for as long as I can, Mom, I’ll care for these blessings as mine. ©KRJ 8 November 1999 ------------------ Sunshine Look, then, into thine heart, and write ~~~ Henry Wadsworth Longfellow |
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Balladeer
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since 1999-06-05
Posts 25505Ft. Lauderdale, Fl USA |
Life, and poetry, gets no better than this. Wonderful, Sunshine. |
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Isis Member Ascendant
since 1999-09-06
Posts 6296Sunny Queensland |
I'll have to totally agree with Balladeer's comment. I can see you bring Sunshine to your friends and family too!!  ------------------ Through poetry my heart and soul truly sing... ~Isis~ (Daughter of Mystery) |
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Seymour Tabin Member Empyrean
since 1999-07-07
Posts 31720Tamarac Fla |
Sunshine, You touched me on this one. You seemed to have reached a new plateau in your writing. The poem is excellent. *L* |
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Denise
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since 1999-08-22
Posts 22648 |
*tears* This is beautiful. I can relate to this so totally. Thanks for putting a voice to your emotions as well as mine. ------------------ Denise |
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Sunshine
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since 1999-06-25
Posts 63354Listening to every heart |
'Deer, Isis, Sy, and Denise, thank you for your comments. I've not yet done justice to my emotions, but this is a start. |
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Pepper Member Elite
since 1999-08-19
Posts 3079Southern Florida |
Wonderfully touching Sunshine..... This poem is just beautiful!! ------------------ A soul that writes from the heart and shares it, truly gives a gift extraordinaire! |
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Watcher666 Senior Member
since 1999-10-13
Posts 1606 |
This is beautiful.Liked this much ------------------ Illusion...what we see and what we do...it's all up to you. |
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Sunshine
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since 1999-06-25
Posts 63354Listening to every heart |
Pepper, Watcher, thanks so much... |
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PhaerieChild Senior Member
since 1999-08-30
Posts 1787Aloha, Oregon |
(looking at screen thru teary eyes) this sums up so beautifully the way I feel about my grandchildren. This is an excellent piece. ------------------ If you love me like music, I'll be your song. ~Heart~ Dreamboat Annie |
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Sunshine
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since 1999-06-25
Posts 63354Listening to every heart |
Thank you, WildChild - but actually, this was more in memory of my Mom. It can be taken as it suits one, however. |
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PhaerieChild Senior Member
since 1999-08-30
Posts 1787Aloha, Oregon |
I am so glad that you were able to be close to your mother. I wasn't but I am close to my children and I would hope that they can relate to me the way you relate to your mother. I would have liked to have really known my mother but life is odd sometimes. ------------------ If you love me like music, I'll be your song. ~Heart~ Dreamboat Annie |
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Munda Member Elite
since 1999-10-08
Posts 3544The Hague, The Netherlands |
Another splendid poem. : ) |
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WhtDove Member Rara Avis
since 1999-07-22
Posts 9245Illinois |
Sunshine this was so very touching! |
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