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kitvb1
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since 2006-01-23
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Trebgast, Germany

0 posted 2006-04-02 06:48 AM



New Friends

I hear you breathe,
I see your hair.
Look, you have a new friend,
Now I’m here.

The spark in your eyes,
Just barely a glow.
Look, you have a new friend,
Now I’m here.

The laugh in your voice,
Just barely a whisper.
Look, you have a new friend,
Now I’m here.

The spring in your step,
Just barely a shuffle.
Look, you have a new friend,
Now I’m here.

Of  who you once were,
Is just the shell.
Look, you have a new friend,
Now I’m here.

I want to help,
Take it away.
Look, you have a new friend,
Sorry mom, I can’t stay,
But I love you anyway.

We've all been there. How we deal with it determines our paths.

kitvb1@hotmail.com

© Copyright 2006 Deon von Blerk - All Rights Reserved
kitvb1
Junior Member
since 2006-01-23
Posts 28
Trebgast, Germany
1 posted 2006-04-02 03:30 PM


Footnote: I managed for the first time in five years to go back to South Africa to visit my family. In late 2005 my mother was admitted to a home for people suffering from Alzheimers'. She is 67 years young.

We've all been there. How we deal with it determines our paths.

kitvb1@hotmail.com

kitvb1
Junior Member
since 2006-01-23
Posts 28
Trebgast, Germany
2 posted 2007-12-20 08:48 AM


In March this year, my mother passed away.
I love you mom.

moondogz
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since 2007-05-01
Posts 397
Great White North
3 posted 2007-12-20 05:38 PM


sorry to hear about your loss kitvb...mothers are way beyond special and when they go to the other side it leaves a huge void...my mom went "home" in 1996 and I still miss her a bunch...thankfully she visits me often while I sleep.
kitvb1
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since 2006-01-23
Posts 28
Trebgast, Germany
4 posted 2007-12-21 04:21 AM


Thank you moondogz
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