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Marge Tindal

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Florida's Foreverly Shores

0 posted 2005-06-16 09:10 PM

Pardon Me … I’ve A Tear To Shed
~*Marge Tindal*~

Each June your memory comes around
leaving me wondering yet again
what our lives would have been like
had you more time here to spend~

Thirty-four years just weren’t enough
to fill this tender memory chest
with all the things I wanted to remember about you
little brother that I loved best~

Mike, your memories sometimes seem
as dusty webs in the corner of dreams-in-regret
So I have to brush them off … and touch them
for you were too important to forget~

So, pardon me, little brother …
if I forget just what you said
You know the part about being happy always
for I’ve still got a tear to shed~

You left ripples where there should to be waves
splashing me with everlasting love
cresting the memories of your smile,
that special wink,
the hug that went on forever …
Oh, little brother … I miss you so
that the rhyme just falls apart
leaving me wanting more of you
more of what brothers and sisters
are supposed to share for the all of time
Digging deep … I am searching
for more … more … more~

I found it ...

The letter from Germany when you served our country
… my favorite one with the little closing note …
"Sis, your smile has kept me company …
when no one else was there.
Always keep smiling for me, okay?"

Yes, Mike, I’ve still got a smile for you
And asking God to deliver it … so you will know
you were too important to forget~

~Happy Birthday, little brother~
David Michael Cowart
June 20, 1946 – July 3, 1980

~*When the heart grieves over what it has lost,
the spirit rejoices over what it has left.
- Sufi epigram <))><

Email noles1@totcon.com

Martie

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1 posted 2005-06-16 09:20 PM

Marge/sis

So special are the ties that bind you in love. Happy birthday, David Michael! I'm sure he knows you're thinking of him.

JamesMichael
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2 posted 2005-06-16 09:29 PM

Beautiful memories you share...James

SEA

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with you

3 posted 2005-06-16 09:39 PM

you made my eyes sting trying to hold back the tears with this one...

SmartChick
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On A Journey To The Unknown

4 posted 2005-06-16 10:34 PM

Awwww, this is sad, Marge. I miss my brother, too.

sandgrain
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5 posted 2005-06-16 10:39 PM

Oh, Marge, this is beautiful! I noticed he was just 34, the same age as our youngest son, Roderick, who died in August, '02.

Bless you,
Rae

PatAngel
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6 posted 2005-06-17 12:15 PM

Oh my dearest Marge! Tears streamed down my face as I read your poem. Although our loved ones are gone, they will remain in our hearts forever.

Love,
Patricia

'When you find a dream within your heart, don't ever let it go.
For dreams are the tiny seeds from which tomorrow grows.'

iliana
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7 posted 2005-06-17 01:56 AM

*hugs* sent your way, Marge. (a wonderful tribute) ....jo

Justbleu
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Oregon, Originally From Alaska :)

8 posted 2005-06-17 02:03 AM

Oh Marge.....

You alwayz know where to get me. What a wonderful tribute to your brother.

HUGS,
Bridgette

"Somewhere, somehow, it should be possible to touch someone and never let go again. To hold someone, not for a moment but forever." A. Brink

LeeJ
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9 posted 2005-06-17 09:31 AM

I bet he knows...hugs to you Margie, many hugs to you

MGROVES

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10 posted 2005-06-17 09:43 AM

this was heartbreaking, sorry for your loss, understanding how you could feel

My spirit will rise
above the sea~
There will be no drowning
of my soul or me~

Enchantress
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Canada eh.

11 posted 2005-06-17 09:43 AM

Sending comforting heart hugs your way Marge.

saved_by_grace
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12 posted 2005-06-17 10:03 AM

Awwww.... Feeling the pain and hurting in this one, Marge. Although, this is some thing that I have not had to face yet...I feel the pain of losing a loved one...for I have lost MANY. God be with you in your pain and hurt...and may your little brother see those smiles that he loved so much!

Hugs, m'friend!! ~ ~ Becka

Pilgrimage
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13 posted 2005-06-17 10:44 AM

Marge this one made me cry. And remember my older brother that we lost in 1995. How could it be 10 years ago, if I still cry when I think of him?

Nan (Pilgrim variety)

suthern

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Louisiana

14 posted 2005-06-17 10:58 AM

And I shed one, too... This weekend, I'm facing the first anniversary of losing my brother of the heart... I will be thinking of this...

You left ripples where there should to be waves
splashing me with everlasting love

Beautiful work!!!

Startime55
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15 posted 2005-06-17 11:55 AM

I shed tears while reading your love for your brother...he is very blessed to have someone love him as you do...I know God will give him the message...*big hugs*

Juju
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In your dreams

16 posted 2005-06-17 12:05 PM

It sounds tough. It is a lovely poem.

Juju

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Trillium

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17 posted 2005-06-17 01:42 PM

Dear Marge: I enjoyed reading about your relationship with your brother Mike and I'm sorry he is no longer able to be with you. It must have been wonderful having him in your life as long as you did. Such a loving poem!

Love
Betty Lou

Marge Tindal

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since 1999-11-06

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Florida's Foreverly Shores

18 posted 2005-06-19 06:26 PM

I sincerely appreciate you all~

Our Mike was special ... real, real special~

This sister misses him so very much ...
even with the memories that remain,
the ache of missing him never goes away~

Thank you for letting me shed my little tears with you~
It helps ... it really does~

*Huglets*
~*Marge*~

~*When the heart grieves over what it has lost,
the spirit rejoices over what it has left.
- Sufi epigram <))><

Email noles1@totcon.com

Betty
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since 2002-08-13

Posts 1159
Virginia

19 posted 2005-07-13 03:52 PM

I can hear your pain.I'm so sorry
Love ya,
Betty

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