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Cassandra 98
Junior Member

since 2002-12-08

Posts 17

0 posted 2003-08-05 11:06 PM

I touched her wrinkled hand
Seen her bony face
Felt her embrace
She was scared and out of place
Eyesight was gone and mind withdrawn
Hearing at a loss
I seen she'd always wear her cross
I would hold her tight
To let her know everything is alright
She said I was cute
I made her smile in return
The next day I wen to see her
She didn't remember me, it's all a blur
That's okay
As long as I made her smile everyday

(About an elderly lady at a nursing home I use to take care of. It's so easy to become attached. I was from the start, and not working there anymore I always think of her, and how she use to smile)

SharaRose
Member Elite

since 2003-07-19

Posts 2501
Somewhere out there~

1 posted 2003-08-05 11:17 PM

Ohhhh this is such a tear jerker...Makes me want to cry. It's so hard to think back, and not feel the melancholy of these old memories. Sweet, but a little sad, too. :'(

SharaRose @-->--

Of sound, and speech let all lift the hearer!

JamesMichael
Member Empyrean

since 1999-11-16

Posts 33336
Kapolei, Hawaii, USA

2 posted 2003-08-06 05:31 AM

Nice...James

Sunshine

Administrator

Member Empyrean

since 1999-06-25

Posts 63354
Listening to every heart

3 posted 2003-08-22 12:15 PM

It's nice to know, Cassandra,
that Helen made such an impact on you...

thank you for sharing.

angelblueyes
Member Elite

since 2003-07-19

Posts 2148
Oklahoma

4 posted 2003-08-22 12:17 PM

It's wonderful to know that there are still people in this world that care enought to take the time and touch someone's life that way.Beautifully done.
Crystal

MARK V SHELDON
Member Elite

since 2001-06-21

Posts 3015
In a corporeal internship...

5 posted 2003-08-23 12:13 PM

Religious is the last thing I am, but this makes me simply want to say to you: "God bless you."

-MVS

You CAN make a difference:
http://educate-yourself.org/

Marge Tindal

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since 1999-11-06

Posts 42384
Florida's Foreverly Shores

6 posted 2003-08-23 12:38 PM

Cassandra~
So very tenderly ... this touches~
*Huglets*
~*Marge*~

~*The pen of the poet never runs out of ink, as long as we breathe.*~
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Seymour Tabin
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since 1999-07-07

Posts 31720
Tamarac Fla

7 posted 2003-08-23 12:47 PM

Cassandra,
Good write, enjoyed the read.

bslicker

Member Elite

since 2000-12-04

Posts 2321
state of mind

8 posted 2003-08-23 01:47 PM

good write,
i am sure that when she made you smile, you made her smile in return

Bernie

A smile a day keeps the world in smile's.
Bernie Slicker

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