Momma was so happy. She could see them all from where she stayed in our big Family room. This year, Momma will not be here. This year I am letting Christmas go by.
Posts Tagged ‘mother’
On the day of Christmas Eve
Posted in God, acceptence, gift, parent, tagged life, mother, reflection on December 27, 2008 | 6 Comments »
Facing a Reality
Posted in acceptence, death, fear, tagged letting go, mother, paradise, poem on October 7, 2008 | 4 Comments »
Her beacon shines bright toward heaven and as she waits quietly and serenely, I will support her appetency. In so doing, a few weeks, ago I wrote a poem embracing the idea of her departure.
The Journey Back From Babble
Posted in alone, crepuscular, death, fear, life's twilight, questions, thoughts, tagged mother, empty head, babel, reality, journeys, shadowlands on July 1, 2008 | 4 Comments »
Even as I sit in this well known spot the words rarely come. Instead a stream of empty-headed babble floats in and around my head and quickly I begin to feel very exhausted which then leads me to give up and go to bed.
I Shall Never Say Good Bye
Posted in aging, death, fear, life's twilight, tagged death, mother, twilight on February 28, 2008 | 3 Comments »
Presently, the night isn’t far from tomorrow. I can’t sleep and so I pace back and forth in the darkened room where my Mother sleeps. The only thing you hear, in the quiet of the house, is the swooshing sound of the oxygen concentrator and the cycle of pressured air headed toward [...]
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