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Post by formerlyme on Aug 12, 2017 20:45:34 GMT -5
Bob , your sister is a gifted poetess, and I have enjoyed reading each and every poem of hers that you have generously posted here.
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Post by Bob on Aug 13, 2017 6:20:53 GMT -5
TheSource , I'll pass along your comments to my sister, as well as this poem. Thanks for sharing.
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Post by Bob on Aug 13, 2017 6:22:00 GMT -5
Bob , your sister is a gifted poetess, and I have enjoyed reading each and every poem of hers that you have generously posted here. Thanks formerlyme. I'll pass along your compliment, which she'll love hearing.
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Post by smitty45 on Aug 13, 2017 9:21:56 GMT -5
TheSource , I don't know that she's ever thought about it. I'll have to ask her. She wrote this recently, in response to caring for her 90 year old mother-in-law. It's been a horror show; I won't share the messy details. My sister has seen more than her share of elder care over the years, having once taken in my late paternal grandmother. She was a miserable woman in her later years and I'll never know how my sister did it. She has a big heart. This is someone who makes burial gowns from donated wedding gowns, which go to preemies and still born infants. She makes these beautiful gowns, so tiny and delicate, to give the grieving parents something to bury their child in. A Lifetime of Changes ~ Tales of Life
First cry of a newborn Tears of joy and happiness A lifetime of "what ifs" Milestones of firsts Diaper changes and feedings Sleepless nights Toilet training Days spent chasing a fast toddler Terrible twos First day of kindergarten Middle school woes College applications Working to support yourself Marriage Raising a family Empty nester Retirement I am getting older Life has passed before my eyes Your loving spouse dies Loneliness sets in Your friends are dying, too You start to forget little things My mouth has no filter Bodily function's lost Pull ups and diapers My bones are frail I spend more time in bed Unable to feed myself Please be patient with me I have come full circle That is very honorable for your sister to make burial clothing for preemies and still born's from donated wedding gowns.
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Post by Bob on Aug 13, 2017 9:38:45 GMT -5
smitty45, here's one she made recently. She's doing this as part of an organization called "Little Angel Gowns of MD & PA". She's made many of them over the past two years. Attachment Deleted
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