In Memory of you Mom

Linda Ann Kennedy
5/01/1947-10/01/1994
**pic taken when she was 23 y/o at her first
"real" job...she was in advertising**



It's no special day really Mom, not Christmas or your birthday, not even the day you died
It's just a regular day that I was thinking of you ;and stopped for a moment to smile and cried
I miss you more than words could ever say
Still I wonder why you had to leave that cold October day

I'm about to embark upon a new part of my life, you know what I'm talking about
I know you are with me each and every day, of this I have no doubt
Please impart to me some words of wisdom, what do you think I should do?
You know the reasons I had to go searching for my past, no one knows me as well as you

I am not doing this to hurt you, never could I replace the love you gave to me
This is just something I need to do to close some old wounds, to allow my heart and soul to be free
Tell me you understand that reaching out to my biological father isn't a slap in your face
You are the sweet Angel of my life, and never would I ever have someone else try to take your place

Remember when I was little, and I use to cry silently at night
You would lay beside me on my bed, holding me lovingly tight
Softly you would stroke my hair, and tell me everything would be okay
I wish you were here Mom, to tell me that same very thing today

I miss you...I miss you more than I ever thought a person could miss another
You were my very best friend, went far beyond the duties of "Mother"
As I look up to the heavens, and am met with Carolina blue sky
Just know I am thinking of you, I will see you soon Mom...and then I never will say "goodbye"