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| jpbluesky |
Posted - May 09 2009 : 10:26:02 AM
I wrote this poem and dedicated it to my mom, who passed away in 2003. I want to share it here to the memory of many of our moms in heaven, who we still miss so much.
God Replied
The day she died God came to her.
He gently peeled away the pages of her earthly journal.
It was as if he plucked the petals from a faded rose,
and tossed them free, into the breeze eternal.
Paper thin and brittle, the aged petals flew,
like autumn leaves, swept up by chilly wind.
Each layer of the rose more fragrant grew,
with delicate perfume still left to spend.
The joyous folds of family years,
of babies growing up in tender care, clung tight,
Resisting currents that would steal
Her bloom of youth - not wanting to take flight.
But He prevailed against the flower's death.
He knew the story of this rose when new.
The bud, its childlike face turned to the Son,
Blushed pink, as from a tiny seed it grew.
Released at last! Back to essence of Heaven!
"Thank you!" she sweetly cried.
He opened His arms to her and smiled.
"You're welcome, God replied.
Dedicated to my mother Thelma Elizabeth Fry Dakin
born November 11, 1918 - died March 10, 2003
Happy Mother's Day
Farmgirl Sister # 31
www.blueskyjeannie.blogspot.com
Psalm 51: 10-13 |
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| jpbluesky |
Posted - May 11 2009 : 2:07:10 PM
Thank you all for sharing on this thread. And I wanted to say to MaryJane...I thought of your mom also yesterday, and of you and yours on the loss of your mom this year. They are always with us in our hearts and even into our bones.
I hope you all had a wonderful Mother's Day.
Farmgirl Sister # 31
www.blueskyjeannie.blogspot.com
Psalm 51: 10-13 |
| SuzieQ |
Posted - May 10 2009 : 2:43:42 PM
My mom Barbara June Weeks Mccoppin Lyons. Thanks mom and I am thinking of you today. |
| therusticcottage |
Posted - May 10 2009 : 2:26:24 PM
Heidi and Lainey - I am so sorry about your moms. That first Mother's Day without them is always the hardest. Think of good memories of them and all the wonderful things that they taught you. Hugs!
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| jpbluesky |
Posted - May 10 2009 : 10:12:43 AM
Grandmas definitely count too....
Mine were:
Sophie Elizabeth Saunders Fry of Pawnee Illinois
Millie Olmstead Dakin of Joice, Iowa
Farmgirl Sister # 31
www.blueskyjeannie.blogspot.com
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| Michigan Girl in TX |
Posted - May 10 2009 : 07:03:45 AM
A very beautiful poem. I have my mother but my Grandma was just as big of a part of my life. She called me her 4th child! (She had 3... my mom, aunt and uncle) We were VERY close. I miss her every single day. She died August 17 2005. One day after my sons birthday. While dying in the hospital she kept asking my mom "Has Steven had his birthday yet?" She didn't want to overshadow his birthday. She had just come all the way to Texas for my sisters wedding. She told me and her not to come up to Michigan after she was sick.... she wanted us to remember her the way she had been on her visit.
I Love you G-ma! Happy Mothers Day!
~Kristi
Farmgirl #474
"Grown men may learn from very little children, for the hearts of little children are pure, and, therefore, the Great Spirit may show to them many things which older people miss" ~Black Elk |
| Lainey |
Posted - May 10 2009 : 06:29:19 AM
Jeannie, that was so beautiful! I've got tears in my eyes from reading it. What a lovely tribute to your mom, thanks so much for sharing it. I agree, that needs to be published if it hasn't been already.
I'm missing my mom so much today.
Betty Rose Baker 9/25/43 - 3/10/09
Farmgirl Sister #25
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An Angel says, 'Never borrow from the future. If you worry about what may happen tomorrow and it doesn't happen, you have worried in vain. Even if it does happen, you have to worry twice.' |
| Tn.Earthmama |
Posted - May 10 2009 : 05:44:08 AM
thanks Jeannie, I lost my Mom last fall. We had just moved back to Tenn lived with her for a month while finding our home. A week after we moved to our new house I went out for a visit and found her on the floor having had a massive stroke the night before. She passed a week later. I'm just thankful I had the chance to spend some time with her before.
Ina Mae Black 4/28/29-10/30/2008.
thanks again the poem is just lovely. Phyllis |
| jpbluesky |
Posted - May 10 2009 : 04:39:15 AM
I think of my mom more and more as the years without her go by. I like reading the names above and the years of birth. Beverly, what was your mom's and your sister's names?
Farmgirl Sister # 31
www.blueskyjeannie.blogspot.com
Psalm 51: 10-13 |
| Beverley |
Posted - May 09 2009 : 6:49:09 PM
My Mom died in 1991 and i still miss her all the time. It will get easier Heide but it will always be there. I lost my sister this march and I miss her too and this will be the first year for her kids to be with out her so I feel for them this mother's day. So thank you for that poem. it is Lovely..
Folks will know how large your soul is by the way you treat a dog....Charles F. Doran
beverley baggett Beverley with an extra E...
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| Annika |
Posted - May 09 2009 : 6:47:59 PM
Hugs to all of my farmsisters missing their moms...glad that MJ has made us a place to share
*HUGS*
Annika
Farmgirl & sister #13
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| NudeFoodFarm |
Posted - May 09 2009 : 6:17:13 PM
Thank you for sharing such a beautiful poem. It has brought tears streaming down my cheeks. . .
This is my first mother's day without my mom.
DeAnna Marie Fuchs Rosales
Born in Goldendale WA 1/24/54 Died in Kennewick WA 1/20/2008
heide
Nude Food Farm
~Grown so good,
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| jpbluesky |
Posted - May 09 2009 : 5:40:59 PM
Let's keep this memorial going all day. Thank God for our mothers. Kay, I am sorry you lost your mom so young.
Farmgirl Sister # 31
www.blueskyjeannie.blogspot.com
Psalm 51: 10-13 |
| therusticcottage |
Posted - May 09 2009 : 4:42:57 PM
Thank you Jeannie for sharing that lovely poem. My mama died when I was 17 and never got to meet her grandchildren or know me as an adult. I still miss her to this day and always will.
Louise Olive Virginia Baines June 26, 1916 - April 12th, 1970
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| mellaisbella |
Posted - May 09 2009 : 3:47:13 PM
thanks Jeannie for sharing your peom. I think of my mother often and now that I am a mother for the first time I think of her more.
Candice Lail Evans June 18 1950- May 17 1997
"we must be the change we wish to see in the world"
farmgal #150 |
| Annika |
Posted - May 09 2009 : 3:33:21 PM
Thank you so much. I miss my mamma all of the time and think of her daily
Nancy Arlene Parks 8-19-1930 - 5-26-1996
Annika
Farmgirl & sister #13
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| Especially For You |
Posted - May 09 2009 : 2:25:42 PM
Thanks Jeannie I miss her everyday!!!
Tina
Thelma A Eison
12-02-1932 11-22-2004 |
| Merry |
Posted - May 09 2009 : 1:38:20 PM
Thank you jeannie,
Merry
Nillie Tankersley
04-02-1932 12-27-2000
http://afarminmyheart.blogspot.com/
"Nobody has ever measured, not even poets how much the heart can hold."
Zelda Fitzgerald |
| GailMN |
Posted - May 09 2009 : 12:21:46 PM
Jeannie - the poem is beautiful. Has it been published, if not it should be. I am fortunate that my mother is still living - we spent the last week together - the visits are special as I live in Minnesota and she in Florida - your poem is lovely, thanks for sharing.
Gail
Farmgirl Sister #506
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