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nakdthoughts
Member Laureate

since 2000-10-29

Posts 19200
Between the Lines

0 posted 2003-10-09 07:15 PM

When You Are No More

How easy it was, there as we checked them out
boxed with embossing, stained, unstained, shellaced and dull,
as life goes out the window and you are staring into darkness,
the end of time... planning it, how it will be when you aren't.

How easy it was for me to sit there with her,
twenty-five years older than I, my mother
talking to a stranger-soon-to-be-friend,
about services and contracts
as if she were ordering new furniture
and a day out on the town.

I actually was relieved, to sit there
and see her so strong, making decisions,
joking, even though I know inside
she was worried and anxious
about the other daughter, the one sitting home
waiting for me to come and tell her it was done,
easing her mind, leaving me with a hug and a whispered voice
thanking me, that she has one less visit
to make there.

M

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

Cpat Hair

Member Patricius

since 2001-06-05

Posts 11793

1 posted 2003-10-09 07:20 PM

you know..... I'm just going to say it brought back memories of a visit I made with my mother...and I know how it left a lot of things in my mind to think about..

Magnus

Member Laureate

since 2001-10-10

Posts 14135
South Carolina, USA

2 posted 2003-10-09 07:22 PM

Oh goodness,  M. this is one of your most
powerful writes.  Touching is a true understatement.

So true to life,  I understand it all.

nakdthoughts
Member Laureate

since 2000-10-29

Posts 19200
Between the Lines

3 posted 2003-10-09 07:44 PM

Hi Ron...it sure was an interesting day.

Sometimes I wish I were more like my mother..haaaaa how many daughters ever say that ??!!
sighing~~

Good evening Barry, true to life and one set of arrangements almost out of the way.
I couldn't see my sister worrying about the future of my mother's, when she will probably have to make her own before...

Strange how calm and easy today was...
Thanks for reading and your caring responses.

It makes each day easier somehow, knowing I am not always alone.
hugss
M

Enchantress
Member Empyrean

since 2001-08-14

Posts 35113
Canada eh.

4 posted 2003-10-09 08:03 PM

You are never alone Maureen...
I so much appreciate your writing.
Not always having the chance to reply..
I want you to know that I do read what you pen.
A sad day for you I'm sure...I've been there.
~Soft smiles & hugs, Nancy~

~Autumn, the year's last, loveliest smile~

SmartChick
Member Rara Avis

since 2001-09-23

Posts 7081
On A Journey To The Unknown