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| My mom with my sister, me and my brother. 1980 |
In
honor of our Mothers
who have passed away
Another Mother's Day is here,
And I still miss
having you near.
You were the best mom you could be,
And I never once
doubted your love for me.
I could spend each Mother's Day in
sorrow,
Crying and wishing you were here,
But instead I choose to
celebrate your life,
A life I still hold so dear.
I know you'd rather see me smile
Than stand here
with tears in my eyes.
So I'll do my best to honor your memory,
And you'll
live on as long as I am alive
Another Mother's Day is here,
And I still miss having you near.
You were the best mom you could be,
And I never once doubted your love for me.
And I still miss having you near.
You were the best mom you could be,
And I never once doubted your love for me.
I could spend each Mother's Day in
sorrow,
Crying and wishing you were here,
But instead I choose to celebrate your life,
A life I still hold so dear.
Crying and wishing you were here,
But instead I choose to celebrate your life,
A life I still hold so dear.
I know you'd rather see me smile
Than stand here with tears in my eyes.
So I'll do my best to honor your memory,
And you'll live on as long as I am alive
Than stand here with tears in my eyes.
So I'll do my best to honor your memory,
And you'll live on as long as I am alive
(OK, I will cry a little.)
I lost my mom almost two years ago. If you're 40 and I'm 35, I can safely say we both lost our moms too soon. I think I'll cry a little, too. Thank you for posting this sweet poem.
ReplyDeleteThinking of you. What a tough time. My heart goes out to you.
ReplyDeleteWhen I was a kid on the prairies (50 years ago), it was the custom to wear a carnation on Mother's Day to honour your mother -- red/pink for a living Mom and white if your Mom was deceased. The local church ladies used to raise money by selling paper carnations to wear as corsages for this purpose. I haven't seen anyone do this for years now (decades really).
ReplyDeleteThank you so much. Orphaned and misty.
ReplyDeleteA beautiful poem for your mom, and all moms who are no longer with us. I feel this way when father's day comes around. My father died in early 2007, and I miss him all the time.
ReplyDeleteThat must be you in the middle Birdie? I think you and your Mum were very alike in looks as well as in other ways? Glad to read your poem and to hear you choose to celebrate her life. Yes she would rather see you smile, tears are ok too of course. Bless you. xx
ReplyDeleteNice poem. :)
ReplyDeleteMy mom passed in '95. I miss her, of course, but smile a lot over the memories. Glad I have some good ones!
Sweet picture! It's OK to cry a bit. Mr. RK lost his mom in a traffic accident a year and a half ago, and mom's day is weird.
ReplyDeleteThinking of you today..xo...
ReplyDeleteSomeone once told (my granpa, my mom or ...?) that as long as someone loves you and have you on their minds and hearts; them you you always exits even if you left this earth.
ReplyDeleteHappy Mother's Day my dear friend,
I am thinking of my own Mom...
ReplyDeleteThanks for reminding me...
Cheers Mom...I love you...
There may still be a few tears but mostly you sound fond and settled.
ReplyDeleteI am so glad for you.
As someone who loves her mom more than life itself, this makes me sad. I fortunately still have my mom with me, so for you I will make sure I tell her how much she means to me today!
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