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Joint Custody..... |
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Butterflies_dont_cry Member Elite
since 2000-03-06
Posts 3733Michigan |
I walked past your room but couldn’t bring myself to open the door Not having you here is a feeling that leaves me aching to the core Tonight no one will call that they need another drink or to hear a song This house feels so empty...because you aren’t where you belong In front of you I’ll smile and tell you to be good and have a great time As I turn to go...I’m careful that no one sees these tears of mine Your sweet little hug and kiss are kept safe in my heart and memory Where no one can touch them....or take them from me I pray tonight on bent knee that you know how much I love you How much I wish that I could always be there to protect you Adult decisions impact you the hardest of all...the ones without a choice But baby please believe...I’ll listen hardest of all to that little voice I'll try tonight to fall into the darkness of sleep So I can hold and see you as you pray the Lord your soul to keep Walking past your door, I see him there...feeling lost and lonely too... Tears fall as I pick up the teddy that smells just like you  |
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insect Senior Member
since 2000-04-22
Posts 1014 |
Hugs for you! |
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Nate Dogg Senior Member
since 1999-11-15
Posts 1658Georgia, Fulton |
Wow, this is very sad Butterflies and I can see that you're a very caring mother too...a great piece here! Nathan |
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EagleOne Member Elite
since 2000-03-07
Posts 2829Between a laugh and a tear... |
Words fail me tonight my friend......well I know you know. My thoughts are with you and yours, take care! "The heart and soul have no illusion of boundries when friendship is the quest" ~ My Angel. |
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Martie
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Member Empyrean
since 1999-09-21
Posts 28049California |
Butterflies--I have been in this situation that you have written of with your mother's heart...I think somehow children have resillience that we don't expect and may fair better then their parents...especially when both parents show how much they love them. Hugs to you for this tender and love filled poem! |
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Janet Marie Member Laureate
since 2000-01-22
Posts 18554 |
But baby please believe...I’ll listen hardest of all to that little voice ======================== this line pulls at the hearstrings hard me SS... There is so much to say...yet no words to ease the pain... Martie is right..and it is always the right thing for the kids to be able to have a choice. talk to ya soon, still coughing here  love ya me girlie me baby can I hold you tonite ... maybe if I said the right words, at the right time ... you'd be mine. baby can I hold you tonite. ~tracy chapman~ |
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Marge Tindal 
since 1999-11-06
Posts 42384Florida's Foreverly Shores |
ButterfliesDC~ When you love them - they always know how much ! They have more than enough love to share, and I know you know that. Lay down, sweet guardian ... they know. Big *Hugs* ... Love ya' ~*Marge*~ ~*The pen of the poet never runs out of ink, as long as we breathe.*~ noles1@totcon.com |
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Ethan Halo Senior Member
since 2000-04-28
Posts 793on the roof again |
what a tear-jerker... my thoughts are with you as i read this. just make sure that the little one knows all this too... wowser, what a read. "The choice of futures is made the moment the future you desire is born." |
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tracie66 Member Elite
since 2000-01-18
Posts 4713Australia |
So touching a piece hon, but as Margie said "when you love them---they always know how much" ~HUGS~ sweetie Tracie~ Love is the life of the soul... It is the harmony of the universe |
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Butterflies_dont_cry Member Elite
since 2000-03-06
Posts 3733Michigan |
insect* Thank you....they are always welcome here~ Nathan* Many thanks to you for reading and your kind words~ Eagle my friend...as always your lack of words say more than words ever could...thank you~ Martie* I pray every night for that...thank you for your kindness~ JM* Thank you sweetie...the first day coming home and going to bed without them here is the hardest I suppose...atleast I'm hoping last night was the hardest. Marge* I hope they do...I sure couldn't love them anymore than I do now...thank you for your sweet wise words~ Ethan* Sorry to jerk your tears...and I'll make sure I let them know every chance I have~ Tracie* Thank you for reading and for echoing Marge...yes...she's right and I'll just have to hold onto that~ You can swim in the waves of the weave...without sinking into the mind of the weaver~ |
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Kit McCallum
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Member Laureate
since 2000-04-30
Posts 14774Ontario, Canada |
Oh Butterflies ... you're pulling my heart strings this morning. What an emotional read. I watched my sister go through these emotions, and talked to her on the phone endlessly as she cried that first night. Hugs to you for writing with such impact and intensity ... I'm sure they know how deeply you love them ... Best wishes, /Kit |
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BloomingRose Member Elite
since 2000-08-09
Posts 3092Florida |
No distance can seperate a mothers love from her child. Very heartfelt write from you. Hugs, Deb |
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Mother_Earth Senior Member
since 2000-11-20
Posts 13701/2 year Texas & 1/2 year Michigan |
Oh, my baby, I cry and ache with you. I can hold you in my heart and dreams and do the same for the little ones. The best is yet to come and God can hear our silent screams. We all wil make it through this. Love and hugs, my kid. Mom |
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CocoBaci Member Elite
since 2000-05-06
Posts 3043 |
I’m careful that no one sees these tears of mine Adult decisions impact you the hardest of all...the ones without a choice ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ BDC, my dear poetfriend, this is an emotionally touching write that spears into my heart as the tears fall from eyes... I'm threading this to library thank you for sharing this with us... |
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Kethry Member Rara Avis
since 2000-07-29
Posts 9082Victoria Australia |
BDC, your poem made me cry, with memories it evoked, with shared pain, with hope. write on Kethry. Those of us who refuse to risk and grow get swallowed up by life. Patty Hansen. |
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SEA
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Member Seraphic
since 2000-01-18
Posts 22676with you |
BDC~ I kept going past this one.......knowing it would evoke strong emotions in me....( make me cry like a baby) and of course, it did.......I think I'd go insane, having to do this. Thank God, I don't. My heart goes out to you.  -SEA |
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Lady Lightning Member
since 2000-12-04
Posts 422Kentucky |
B_d_c... < !signature-->My heart goes out to you.. I remember how hard it was to let mine go that first night... Keep strength in them knowing just how much you love them..They always know, somehow they just do.. Hugs to you..much of em' ~LL~ The way to love anything is to realize it might be lost. author unknown [This message has been edited by Lady Lightning (edited 01-16-2001).] |
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Lone Wolf Member Ascendant
since 2000-03-16
Posts 5842Lansing, MI USA |
BDC, This one aches from the soul my friend. Powerful words and emotions. I hope that all is well for you. I will add you all to my prayers on this night. Please take care. ~HUGS~ LW Poetry should surprise by fine excess...it should strike the reader as a wording of his own highest thoughts and appear almost a remembrance. -J.Keats |
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Greeneyes
since 2000-09-09
Posts 9903In Your Poetic Mind |
BDC~ I cried when I read this, I dont think I could be without my little ones for any length of time.....HUGS to you, filled with peace.... Greeneyes~ *** "Within you I lose myself Without you I find myself Wanting to be lost again." -Unknown |
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Mark Bohannan Member Rara Avis
since 2000-06-21
Posts 7269In the winds of Cherokee song |
I know how it feels to be away from your children and I have learned over time that as long as you show your love for them (and I KNOW you do) they will never truely doubt it. |
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swim New Member
since 2008-07-28
Posts 1arizona |
my son's dad was just awarded FULL custody. God bless you. I can't think of any evil more commonly visited than family court. to survive it makes a mother a soldier. |
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