Posted in Aging, Angels, Death and dying, Mother, gratitude, grief, joy, love, memories, poetry, smile, sorrow, tribute to Mother, women, tagged grief, joy, love, Mother, poetry, smile on April 24, 2008 | No Comments »
I found a smile on my pillow.
This morning, I found a smile on my pillow.
I was positive I would not smile again.
Then the gratitude of your love nudged me awake.
I began my day with a bountiful heart
Filled with the memories of your loving ways.
All the distance between us was gone.
I embraced your kind Spirit.
I cuddled [...]
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Posted in 12 Step Program, Acceptance, Aging, Brother, love, poetry, surrender, tagged 12 Step Program, Acceptance, Aging, Brother, poetry on April 1, 2008 | No Comments »
You are compassionate
Understanding my stress when no one else can.
Your training in elder care
gives me a confidence
that nothing I am learning is new to you.
When my confusion and doubts come
You do not walk away.
You are there for me.
I need not mourn the loss of my youth
You are beside me.
You show me truth.
You [...]
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She is “old enough to know better
too young to resist”
She is fun.
She is flirty.
She is happy.
She is full of bliss.
She is totally insane.
She loves walking barefoot.
She loves walking in rain.
She enjoys children.
People who are young
are her teachers.
People who are old
are her peers.
She is full of laughter.
Much younger than her years.
She is wise.
She is witty.
I [...]
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Posted in 12 Step Program, Aging, Angels, Death and dying, Detachment, Father, love, poetry, surrender, tagged 12 Step Program, Angels, Death and dying, love, Master, poety, surrender on March 27, 2008 | No Comments »
“Daddy, I will miss you
It is time for you to go
My tears they are for ‘happy’
I just want you to know.
I see the angels coming
They want you to be in peace
I release you now my Daddy.”
Then, the little girl bowed her head.
“If you miss me too much Daddy
As I am going to miss your touch
Just [...]
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Posted in 12 Step Program, Aging, Detachment, Father, Prayer, poetry, sorrow, surrender, tagged 12 Step Program, Detachment, Father, love, poetry on March 27, 2008 | No Comments »
He said his father died
Two hours before the meeting.
(I know that if my Father had just died that
I would not have had the strength to be at a meeting.)
I caught my breath.
I could not breathe.
(I heard another voice saying
“Your Father has just died.”)
I am not in that place that I need
[...]
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Posted in 12 Step Program, Aging, crone, gratitude, love, poetry, recovery, tagged 12 Step Program, Aging, crone, love, poetry, Sunlight of the Spirit on March 19, 2008 | 1 Comment »
She sits by the window
Close by her desk.
Writing her poems.
Flowers in bloom
on the window shelf.
Friends in her heart.
She lives by herself.
She has settled in
after a busy day,
her busy life.
She has been a daughter, a sister,
a worker, a mother, a wife.
She has been a traveler in many lands,
Now she rocks.
Rocks in her “new-to-me” rocking chair.
Remembering [...]
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Posted in 12 Step Program, Aging, Angels, Prayer, addicts, alcholics, love, poetry, recovery, spirtual awakening, surrender, tagged 12 Step Program, love, poetry, recovery on March 19, 2008 | 1 Comment »
“Upon Awakening
Soul will be free.”
That is the promise that was given to me.
I was a child sitting in church
What did I know?
I knew of the wondrous things.
I lived in the moment.
I heard angels sing
I was told to sit still,
I wanted to move,
I wanted to dance,
I wanted to laugh,
I was told to be quiet.
I was angry [...]
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Posted in Aging, love, poetry, tagged dancing, love, poetry on January 27, 2008 | No Comments »
They call me Baba,
But they didn’t ask me to dance.
I wasn’t always wrinkled and old.
My face, they say, was like corn silk.
Soft as summer’s cloud.
It glowed like the sun.
My name was Anastasia then.
I had long giggling curls that bounced out of
My babushka when I danced.
Oh! How I danced!
From the time I heard the [...]
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Posted in Aging, Time, gratitude, poetry, tagged poetry, Time on January 19, 2008 | 1 Comment »
Living in the Moment
Prevents a lot of Strife.
(Provides a Loving Life)
Knowing why You are Created
Being in the Now
Keeps Gratitude Happening
Joy unfolding
Laughter Shared.
So on your trip to this Planet
Aren’t you glad you cared.
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