[klaatumail] Re: My Mom the Poet
- From: "Jens C. Lindblad" <jens.lindblad@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: klaatumail@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Tue, 11 Aug 2009 23:05:03 +0200
That is sad news. My sincerest condolences.
Your mother's poem is beautiful and very moving.
No one leaves you when they're still in your heart and mind. As time
passes, she'll be with you every day in your thoughts.
Jens
dean thut skrev:
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> I wasn`t going to post anything about this here, but I just can`t
> resist. My mom discovered that she had stage four lung and brain cancer
> last April and passed away from it last Thursday. But that isn`t the
> reason that I`m posting this. Over the course of her life she wrote
> many great poems and even got some of them published in various places.
> I was hoping to be able to read one of them at her funeral yesterday,
> but couldn`t do it without freaking out. I even find it difficult to
> read to myself.
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> It is called "A Mother Reflects"
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> How will they remember me
> When my journey ends
> Those five thet were my babies once
> And then became my friends
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> Will they resent the years when we
> Were forced to count each penny
> Or were they rich in happy times
> I hope that there were many
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> When they made choices unlike mine
> Did I just let it be
> Or did I try to mold each child
> Into another me
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> Will they feel I was too harsh
> When they did something wrong
> Or will they know that in my heart
> I loved them all along
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> I see them now......mature adults
> I view each with delight
> If I helped make them what they are
> I sure did something right
>
> Lois Thut ------11/14/32--8/6/09
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> I`miss you mom.
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