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Care Package, by request
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Care Package, by request |
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Sunshine
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since 1999-06-25
Posts 63354Listening to every heart 
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Care Package It started with the grandmother, boxes brought in addition to luggage for Christmas in July, of leftover these and those, silk scarves carrying fragments of fragrance, all hers and hers alone ~ sniff it in smell her feel her ~ take the costume bejeweled brooch to pin it on in make-believe of growing up to be the lady who wore the scarf… As the granddaughter grew, so did the care, a bit of bead, a bottle of scent, a little “here of me” for “there of you” “does this fit” “you are so tall” “can you make this do?” and the granddaughter did, whether ill-fitting or not, even if the colors clashed with the oddity of mature on naïve, the granddaughter wore it on… The grandmother’s daughter carried tradition forward, sending care packages with a bended twist, boxed “thinking of you” sent, no fragrant thoughts, only common wants, cans of beans, bags of rice, photos of yesterday, feeding soulful needs during hard times, or making a joke if too big for our britches at good fortune… someone is always wanting… though the mother is gone, care packages being only a memory now, still the guiding force is felt, and the one-time recipient is obliged, by love, to continue giving… the grandmother, via second daughter, still sends fragrances of other days and beads to drape the neck of the not-so-nearly naïve who still gives beans… with fragrant hands… and heartstring hugs… ©Karilea Rilling Jungel 23 February 2002 [This message has been edited by Sunshine (01-29-2003 04:33 PM).] |
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nakdthoughts Member Laureate
since 2000-10-29
Posts 19200Between the Lines |
I use to love my Grandmother's gifts... nice memories brought to light *s M |
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Enchantress Member Empyrean
since 2001-08-14
Posts 35113Canada eh. |
*Smiling with tears in my eyes here* Lovely Karilea..thank you for the repost. ~Hugs & smiles~ ~Time has cast a spell on you, |
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GG Member Elite
since 2002-12-03
Posts 3532Lost in thought |
you should have seen some of the things she gave me that I wore.  Read this three times now, and if I do again I'm sure I'll sob... Lovely Always, Alyssa - And so it was that time stood still - |
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Magnus
since 2001-10-10
Posts 14135South Carolina, USA |
Said as only you can...and I believe you are all of this..always caring. |
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garysgirl 
since 2002-09-29
Posts 19237Florida, USA |
  . . .  [This message has been edited by garysgirl (01-30-2003 02:17 PM).] |
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Martie
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Member Empyrean
since 1999-09-21
Posts 28049California |
Karilea---Some gifts are made of love. This poem is one of those.  |
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Nan
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Member Seraphic
since 1999-05-20
Posts 21191Cape Cod Massachusetts USA |
So glad those heartstrung hugs continue - this is lovely, Sunshine...  |
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paladin
since 2001-08-05
Posts 930Pensacola,Fl. |
My grand mother sent me homemade spiced peaches when I was in Viet Nam.I savored every bite.It was her way of saying she loved me. paladin |
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Denise
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since 1999-08-22
Posts 22648 |
...a long line of loving caring folks! This is beautiful, Karilea! |
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Sunshine
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Member Empyrean
since 1999-06-25
Posts 63354Listening to every heart |
Thank you, everyone. A friend of mine recently said "what have you been doing lately," and on a whim, I sent her a copy of this poem by e-mail. She wrote back saying, "I'm not like others, who scroll down to see who wrote what, I read each line, sniffed a little, laughed a little, reached for a Kleenex, and knew by the middle that you wrote it." That's when I sniffed a little. We all leave our fingerprints on our poems. Sometimes when we dig deeper, we leave our DNA... that's what it's all about.  You are all great! Thank you for reading! |
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