[klaatumail] Re: My Mom the Poet
- From: "Scott Teague" <politzanian@xxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: <klaatumail@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Tue, 11 Aug 2009 19:14:05 -0400
Dean,
So sorry to hear of your mother's passing.
Of course it made me think of my own,
so I forwarded your mom's lovely poem to her.
She raised four of us boys, and that had to be tough.
But mothers always seem to manage somehow.
My condolences,
. . ... Scott . . ¶|;-(
----- Original Message -----
From: "dean thut" <deansmilkco@xxxxxxxxx>
To: <klaatumail@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Tuesday, August 11, 2009 4:41 PM
Subject: [klaatumail] Re: My Mom the Poet
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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
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> Lois Thut ------11/14/32--8/6/09
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> I`miss you mom.
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