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I challenge you poetic friends
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I challenge you poetic friends |
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Titia Geertman Member Ascendant
since 2001-05-07
Posts 5182Netherlands 
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 Mommy Muys, almost NINETY FIVE YEARS OLD Dear Friends I think it's time to call upon your poetic skills I challenge you to write a verse for dearest Muys, my Mom She will be ninety five real soon on August twenty four and I would love to hang her wall full of words you wrote You may put them in your reply or send them over by mail I'll take drawings by children too and print them out on paper white with name attached She will be thrilled you know I want as many as I can get so she can show to all who come that friendship from the pages blue is stretching overseas or flowing in on clouds of white in air that's filled with love And maybe one or two of you are willing to bump this up in time because it's known it's going down quite rapidly sometimes It's not for me but for my MOM who is enjoying life still driving her car to church and friends  and playing cards with same of age roaming nature scooterwise and telling me how much she loved her friends from pages blue  a little drawing made by my father in 1935, just after meeting my Mom (Muys or muis, means mouse, a nickname given by her father when she was little, and she has been called that ever since) Like scattered leaves...my words will flow |
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nakdthoughts Member Laureate
since 2000-10-29
Posts 19200Between the Lines |
We will keep it bumped up Titia ~~  M |
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Sunshine
Administrator
Member Empyrean
since 1999-06-25
Posts 63354Listening to every heart |
What an Honor.... Yes, I will send something along very soon! And I will share this gesture with my mother-in-love, who will be 98 in November!! |
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Earth Angel Member Empyrean
since 2002-08-27
Posts 40215Realms of Light |
 95 YEARS YOUNG Mommy Muys ~ Linda L. Dowd ~ Mommy Muys, I honour you For who you are and what you do. If I reach age ninety-five I hope that I’ll be ~ as alive!!! You’re gracious ~ yet you’re full of spunk You shoot straight ~ you speak no bunk Your mind and wit are sharp as tacks And of the Virtues ~ there be no lacks! You write with humour and with charm, You have the power to disarm. Love for you is world-wide, For the beauty of your inside! Mommy Muys, I honour you, For who you are and what you do! If I reach age ninety-five, I hope that I’ll be ~ as alive!!! Happy 95th, Dear One!  Earth Angel |
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sandgrain Member Elite
since 1999-09-21
Posts 3662Sycamore, IL, USA |
Happy Birthday, Mommy Muys Inspiration I ’m not an authority N or a perfect judge, you know S till, sometimes the obvious P resents itself so well I just can’t miss R arely can it be said A s well as witnessed T hat one fine lady I nspires everyone O n and on for N inty-five years and then some God bless Rae [This message has been edited by sandgrain (08-09-2006 03:14 PM).] |
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sandgrain Member Elite
since 1999-09-21
Posts 3662Sycamore, IL, USA |
Oh my, I must have clicked "centered", which I didn't want and now I don't know how to fix it. Woe is me! |
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Marge Tindal 
since 1999-11-06
Posts 42384Florida's Foreverly Shores |
Rae~ I left you an email message on the 'fix'~ Titia~ The grandie girlies and I will work on something really special for our favorite GRAND DAME~  Love you~ *Huglets* ~*Marge*~ ~*The sound of a kiss is not as strong as that of a cannon, but it's echo endures much longer*~ |
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Pilgrimage Member Elite
since 2001-12-04
Posts 3945Texas, USA |
What a good photo of your mom. It's good to hear she's still doing well. And what a neat drawing your dad did! Happy birthday to your mom! Nan (Pilgrim variety) |
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Beau de L'air Member
since 2006-08-03
Posts 105Middlesex, England |
See new poem "The girl inside". Please read it to your mother, I wrote it for her this afternoon. x Beau de L'Air. (It might need tweaking here and there) [This message has been edited by Beau de L'air (08-10-2006 11:14 AM).] |
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Earth Angel Member Empyrean
since 2002-08-27
Posts 40215Realms of Light |
I just popped back in to look at your Mom's photo again! It looks like it should grace the cover of either Life or People Magazine! Amazing photo! Amazing woman! Love to both you and your Mom! Hey, Mommy Muys! August 24th is getting closer! Linda |
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miscellanea Member Elite
since 2004-06-24
Posts 4060OH |
Momma Muy, To have a hubby so enamoured that he sketched a glamous mouse, gave to you a precious nickname that 95 years couldn't douse... (Something behind it just makes me grit my teeth with envy!) Happy birthday, Lovely Lady! miscellanea ~~~~ Titia, Linda's right. National Geographic would be after this pic. Your mother's stunning! miscellanea |
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sandgrain Member Elite
since 1999-09-21
Posts 3662Sycamore, IL, USA |
Thanking Marge for her help and bumping this up for more participation. Rae |
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Titia Geertman Member Ascendant
since 2001-05-07
Posts 5182Netherlands |
Thanks to all for your replies and lovely poems. Thanks Rae for bumping it up. Like scattered leaves...my words will flow |
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Mysteria
since 2001-03-07
Posts 18328British Columbia, Canada |
Wishing you the most wonderful birthday, and hope the coming year is filled with lots of love, laughter, and memories. |
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Marge Tindal
since 1999-11-06
Posts 42384Florida's Foreverly Shores |
 /pip/Forum95/HTML/002728.html Me and the grandie girlies are SMILING BIG TIME !! *Huglets* ~*Marge*~ ~*The sound of a kiss is not as strong as that of a cannon, but it's echo endures much longer*~ Email - noles1@totcon.com [This message has been edited by Marge Tindal (08-18-2006 05:56 PM).] |
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Martie
Moderator
Member Empyrean
since 1999-09-21
Posts 28049California |
Titia...Your mom is very special...just look at the twinkle on that face. Happy birthday, little mouse!!  |
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Midnitesun
since 2001-05-18
Posts 28647Gaia |
 HAPPY BIRTHDAY MOMMIE MUYS! Wishing you many more bites of cheese! |
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Sunshine
Administrator
Member Empyrean
since 1999-06-25
Posts 63354Listening to every heart |
Titia, a little letter for your Mother... I tried again and again to write a poem...and it just wasn't there. But this was. Give her birthday knuffles for me. Love, Karilea ~*~ Dear Mummy Muys I tried to write a poem for you, and instead, I thought I would write a small note. Your tenacity for life, my dear poet, comes to us not only through your own words, but that of your talented child. Your have given to her your gifts of life; and you have bequeathed to her the marvels of your sight, not to mention your will power. While I did not get to meet Titia when she came to the states, still, I sent her some dirt, and a pair of miniature ruby slippers to take home with her. As I have read through the years of about you through her, I imagine [and possibly quite rightly that you encouraged her to come to the States to meet her poet friends. I am glad you did. I only wish you could make the trip someday. In our imaginations, you leave much for us think about. As you are just a couple of years younger than my own mother-in-love {MIL}, I would believe you have seen most everything you could have imagined, and then some. I know that my own MIL doesn’t quite understand the computer or how it reaches out to the world; for this, I am glad for you! After my MIL got married in her early thirties, she went straight back to the farm and lived the life of a farmer/rancher’s wife. She is a woman of many talents, and her mind is still as sharp as ever was. Her body gives her aches and pains that she does not complain about, and if God is good, he will give me by osmosis her integrity in that area. He will, if He has a mind to, to give me her memory as well. In the last few weeks, knowing by word of your daughter that your birthday was coming up, I’ve been watching my own MIL with even more respect and compassion. I have likened your lives one to the other, and have thanked God for our living treasures. I cannot imagine what you might not have ever shared with your daughter, Mother Muys, but if there is still a treasure to share, than share it. Good or bad, share it, and let her know just how much you’ve seen in your lifetime. Parents sometimes think we “kids” just “know” all of what you know; and that is just not so. So, dear, dear Poet, if there is a gift to give, my gift to you is to ask that you continue to share with your daughter, by word or deed, that she may pass it on to us. You are a teacher, with almost a century’s worth of education. Pass it on, as you blow out your candles. Happy Birthday, Mummy Muys. Love, Karilea |
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Titia Geertman Member Ascendant
since 2001-05-07
Posts 5182Netherlands |
Thank you all so much for the lovely words towards my Mom. I'll put them up for everybody to read and Sunshine, though my Mom and I had our moments in the past, because we both have strong minds, I honestly can tell that she's been my best friend the last years, telling me all the things I need to know about the life she has been living. Thank you for writing your letter. Like scattered leaves...my words will flow |
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Misty Lilacs Senior Member
since 2005-11-15
Posts 1060White Birch Forest |
 The cake has been made Especially for you Everyone's waiting To have a piece with you Balloons are all floating Music is playing A party is planned Everyone's staying. Let’s roll up the carpet Dance until dawn A celebration so special Of the day you were born. Have a Wonderful Birthday! Dear Sweet Lady Muys, May your day be filled with love and may you be surrounded by family and friends. What a milestone you have reached. Congratulations!!! Love and Hugs from your friend, Marti To the world YOU may be one person, but to God you are the world! |
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Earth Angel Member Empyrean
since 2002-08-27
Posts 40215Realms of Light |
August 24th has finally arrived! Mommy Muys, you are 95 years young! You are a living doll and I hope you have a wonderful day celebrating this milestone birthday! God bless you! Sending you oodles of strudels & hugs 'n kisses! ~ and as my Mommy used to say ~ and "giving you a pinch to grow an inch".  EA |
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Balladeer
Administrator
Member Empyrean
since 1999-06-05
Posts 25505Ft. Lauderdale, Fl USA |
She may not stand as straight and tall As she did years before And footsteps make a slower path When she walks out her door. Her face may show a wrinkled path Down decades come and gone And bones may creak a little With the coming of each dawn... But there's a twinkle in her eye A smile upon her face. Her features still contain a world Of dignity and grace. Her body holds a heart of gold For all who pass her way And I am proud to know her on This very special day. There's no way to imagine all The things that she's been through, A small child back in World War I, A wife in World War II. She got her family through it all With work and sacrifice A testament to victory For those who pay the price. My best to you, dear Momma. May your wishes all come true. I wish you health and happiness In everything you do. Though many years have left their mark You made it through it all And you're a giant in my eyes Three hundred meters tall!!!!  |
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