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Ninty Happy Birthdays
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Ninty Happy Birthdays |
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Mother_Earth Senior Member
since 2000-11-20
Posts 13701/2 year Texas & 1/2 year Michigan |
NINTY HAPPY BIRTHDAYS If she had known she would live this long there would have been changes Soon to be 90 and so many family and friends have left this earthly home So many changes it makes her wonder at what has been written on life's pages That the past went so quickly and the future so short she feels so alone Parents long gone, siblings only two from many still live and breathe Her soul-mate of 60 or so years slipped away when she wasn't looking How could he leave with first his mind then his body, her left to grieve Their son and daughter raised to expect nothing given without working As of today she has been given 9 Grandchildren, 24 Great's and 6 Great Great's And the only wish for this birthday is to see and touch each and every one So many new and beautiful lives started when these two became lifetime mates Memories grow dim, names and faces don't fit, pictures fade, Father-time won She has become so frail, says life isn't fair in these twilight years Too many things she can't do, places she can't go, nothing to look forward to So many hours alone wondering if any care, depending on others, hiding her tears But 90 is lucky and the days can be sunny, we need a Matriarch like you Nothing ever seems to end as we planned, so enjoy the good, leave the bad When she tells tales of olden days gone by she may have a laugh or even look sad But at this stage in life she earned the right to share the past and let the memories flow We will all get together to celebrate your special day with a picnic Many you haven't seen in at least five years so we will play catch-up So many you will remember as scrubbed-faced little darlings who grew up too quick We will share smiles and tears, start new memories to hold and touch Happy birthday, dear Mother. Please don't get ready to leave yet! |
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Lady In White
since 2001-02-12
Posts 2799USA |
This is very tender...there are some good things to be said about longevity... |
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Marge Tindal
since 1999-11-06
Posts 42384Florida's Foreverly Shores |
MotherEarth~  This is so tenderly said. Happy Birthday to the birthday girl !  ~*Marge*~ ~*The pen of the poet never runs out of ink, as long as we breathe.*~ |
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Cpat Hair
since 2001-06-05
Posts 11793 |
Very touchingly told..and tender... Happy Birthday to you Mom!!! |
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cpalmer Senior Member
since 2001-06-26
Posts 977Phoenix, Az |
Really enjoyed this...They have a lot of tales to tell...happy birthday to her Cindi |
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VAS Member Rara Avis
since 2000-11-16
Posts 7450Oregon |
yes, Happy Birthday to your mom!! this is wonderfully and powerfully said, woven with just her sentiments in many places, I'm sure we gathered together for my grandma's 90th birthday, she'd out lived 3 husbands and one son, by then a very short while later, her eldest died, then her youngest a short time after that, having out-lived all her husbands and all her sons, no matter the grand kids and daughter's in law, she felt alone as if no one left and no reason to live she lived to be almost 94, but it was a lot longer than she wanted cherish all your moments and enjoy your reunion and her birthday, God bless you all!!! |
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Mother_Earth Senior Member
since 2000-11-20
Posts 13701/2 year Texas & 1/2 year Michigan |
Lady In White, such nice memories for us. Marge, thanks and will add your name to the "Happy Birthday list" Cpat Hair, will add your name too cpalmer(Cindi) thanks and you are added to the list! VAS, thank you, too. This is my mother-in-law, but the only mom I have. Her mind is going, but we get lots of scraps of the good old days. |
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Lone Wolf Member Ascendant
since 2000-03-16
Posts 5842Lansing, MI USA |
Tender heartfelt wishes in this gem, M_E. 9o years is much to be proud of. A very Happy Birthday to your Mom. I bet she is glowing after reading this!!  All writing comes |
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Nate Dogg Senior Member
since 1999-11-15
Posts 1658Georgia, Fulton |
This is a special piece ME......happy birthday, to your mom!!! Nathan |
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Mother_Earth Senior Member
since 2000-11-20
Posts 13701/2 year Texas & 1/2 year Michigan |
Lone Wolf and Nate, I thank you for the Birthday wishes. |
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kaile
since 2000-02-06
Posts 5146singapore |
happy belated birthday to your mum! for a person who is turning 21 soon, i constantly wonder about longevity and mortality. this poem has given me some ideas... |
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Sven
since 1999-11-23
Posts 14937East Lansing, MI USA |
wonderful ME. . . very heartfelt and tender. . . if we all could live so long. . . ---------------------------------------------------------- To the world, you may only be one person. But to one person, you may be the world. |
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Mark Bohannan Member Rara Avis
since 2000-06-21
Posts 7269In the winds of Cherokee song |
Very tender and sincere write from you. I can't even imagine "90" but who wants to right now anyway. |
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Titia Geertman Member Ascendant
since 2001-05-07
Posts 5182Netherlands |
Happy birthday to your mom mother Earth. My mom will be ninety too in a few weeks, she's still a busy mom, still driving her car and taking up computering lately. Beautiful happy birthdaypoem. Titia A rose is a rose is a rose...I guess... |
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vlraynes Member Rara Avis
since 2000-07-25
Posts 8229Somewhere... out there... |
Mother_Earth- What a lovely and tender write.. Beautifully done. hugs, ~vicky "...until you have read the verse on his |
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Butterflies_dont_cry Member Elite
since 2000-03-06
Posts 3733Michigan |
A big thank you to all of you for bringing this up for my mom...she is on vacation with my children...or is that my children are on vacation and my mom is working away from home  I know when she returns she'll thank you herself...btw Grandma's 90th birthday party was wonderful...all of her children, grand-children, great grand children and great great grandchildren with the exception of only two...it's a birthday we'll all remember for her~ [This message has been edited by Butterflies_dont_cry (edited 08-07-2001).] |
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athena4 Senior Member
since 2000-12-10
Posts 622 |
Mother, God bless her! And God bless you for such a beautiful tribute to a woman who has experienced so much life, joys and sorrows. A truly heratfelt read! Elise |
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Martie
Moderator
Member Empyrean
since 1999-09-21
Posts 28049California |
ME...Sounds like a wonderful birthday was had...and this poem is very special..I hope she saw it. |
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Sunshine
Administrator
Member Empyrean
since 1999-06-25
Posts 63354Listening to every heart |
I know of one mother who is going on 93...and I am so very glad to have her here with us... I lost mine too soon! |
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Mysteria
since 2001-03-07
Posts 18328British Columbia, Canada |
Sounds like a fitting and wonderful celebration to a very deserving woman. I truly hope you gave this tribute to her. Beautifully done ME. ~ To see real beauty you must look with your heart ~ |
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Mother_Earth Senior Member
since 2000-11-20
Posts 13701/2 year Texas & 1/2 year Michigan |
faterider, great and have a wonderful 21st! Sven, thanks and it was a great day Mark B, I'm with you! 90 is so old. Titia, this lady never drove and to me has had a pampered life. vickey, thank you. My Butterfly kid, thanks! What a surprise to find all of these responses to this poem. And it was a great vacation right after the B-party. What a wonderful day! Elise, thank you Martie, she didn't see it. I'm afraid she wouldn't like the way I see her life. Sunshine, I lost my mom several years ago, so my mother-in-law is all I have left. Mysteria, thank you. |
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