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nakdthoughts
Member Laureate

since 2000-10-29

Posts 19200
Between the Lines

0 posted 2003-09-09 11:06 AM

I feel the pain of watching her
my grasp slipping
I create words to hold onto
but they echo only emptiness
I am walking her grief
sidestepping its finality
catching tears of why
choking on each breath
finding life
hard to swallow.

"Love is not blind - It sees more and not less, but because it sees more, it is willing to see less."
(Will Moss)

Susan Caldwell
Member Rara Avis

since 2002-12-27

Posts 8348
Florida

1 posted 2003-09-09 11:17 AM

I wish I could help...

Susan

Endlessecho
Member

since 2003-09-05

Posts 398
I live within myself

2 posted 2003-09-09 11:17 AM

Beautiful write!

"I am walking her grief"

These few lines say so much. This really conveyed strong feelings.

Thanks.

BluesSerenade
Member Patricius

since 2001-10-23

Posts 10549
By the Seaside

3 posted 2003-09-09 02:19 PM

OH Maureen, you express the heartache
and pain like none other...

and you make me weepy.

Sending you love and many prayers across the miles.

nakdthoughts
Member Laureate

since 2000-10-29

Posts 19200
Between the Lines

4 posted 2003-09-09 02:26 PM

thank you Susan, and Endless

Lori, worn out but trying to catch up on
the "must do/due" things....

hugssss and thanks
M

vlraynes
Member Rara Avis

since 2000-07-25

Posts 8229
Somewhere... out there...

5 posted 2003-09-09 02:38 PM

Maureen...just

If you judge people, you have no time to love them.
--Mother Teresa
[This message has been edited by vlraynes (09-09-2003 02:39 PM).]

Dulcinea
Senior Member

since 2001-07-22

Posts 774
IN

6 posted 2003-09-09 03:05 PM

~~sigh~~ Still praying! I do hope you get some good news out of all of this soon! (((hugs)))

nakdthoughts
Member Laureate

since 2000-10-29

Posts 19200
Between the Lines

7 posted 2003-09-09 03:12 PM

thank you Vicky...

Dulci, if I didn't get to tell you (thought I did ~sighing~)
no good news...the lung cancer is inoperable and although was only detected 2 months ago, during her hernia operation it spread and is very near her pulmonary artery...and that ends her liver transplant wait.

There is no good news, just day to day living as best she can...I will be spending tomorrow with her to help sort through things and make a room ready for me to spend the nights if she should need me...other than that, it is a "weighting" game.

hugs and thanks for thinking of us.

M

angelblueyes
Member Elite

since 2003-07-19

Posts 2148
Oklahoma

8 posted 2003-09-09 03:37 PM

my heart and soul go out to you both.This really touched me.It reminded me of my stepfather.

healing hugs and lots of prayers your way my friend.
Crystal

SuperDave
Junior Member

since 2002-09-12

Posts 48
Little House on the Hill

9 posted 2003-09-09 08:46 PM

All my prayers for her and you. I have been there, take care.

David

Nightshade

Member Patricius

since 2001-08-31

Posts 13962
just out of reach

10 posted 2003-09-09 09:17 PM

Maureen, My prayers are with you and yours and I do hope you know this. Take heart dear lady. hugs, Chris

"Hope" is the thing with feathers
That perches in the soul ~
Emily Dickinson

SmartChick
Member Rara Avis

since 2001-09-23

Posts 7081
On A Journey To The Unknown

11 posted 2003-09-09 09:37 PM

I find that life is hard to swallow, too. I wish I could help you, my friend. Hugs to you.

Paul Wilson

Member Elite

since 2002-07-07

Posts 4711
United States

12 posted 2003-09-09 11:20 PM

Maureen...My prayers are with you and her.
I went through the same thing with both my older brother and Father. Stay Strong dear friend...Paul

"To share my poems with you is to share my heart with you"

nakdthoughts
Member Laureate

since 2000-10-29

Posts 19200
Between the Lines

13 posted 2003-09-10 09:29 AM

I am trying not to leave anyone out who has responded, before I leave today.

Crystal, I guess it is inevitable that sickness will take a life sooner or later..I always hoped it would be much later...
hugs you back
M

David, I think of you often and Lyra... and her strength and yours and try to draw from that...
thank you

M
Chris, thank you and Emily is one of my favorites..a poet friend I met by accident on here sent me this link once..make sure you have sound for the background music. He has since passed away..and his family hasleft the website on. He wrote Correspondence with Emily...
I think you may enjoy it.
http://www.geocities.com/Paris/LeftBank/9483/dearem.html

hugssss
M

Sue, it's a shame we are so far apart..but I am here except for today if you need to hear a voice...

Paul, it's easy to stay strong on the outside..it's the inside that hurts so much.

Thank you
M

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