WELCOME!

This is a "first" for me, so I ask that you please bear with the initial set up and creation of this blog.....your patience and attendance here are appreciated!

This blog is intended as a personal project to share with you poems and daily quotations that were written by my mother. She was called "Home" in March of 2010, overtaken by lung cancer. I took on the task of opening her life through the treasures she left behind. In doing so, I came upon a box full of poetry that she had written over the years of my life, as well as her "daily quotes" that she would just jot down at a moment's notice.

My mother inspired my love for poetry from a young age, as well as assisting me in what I perceived as the challenge of writing my thoughts and feelings down on paper. From time to time you may notice a few of my own here, nestled gently in with hers.

I hope that you enjoy what you find here.....feel free to share them, for this is my gift to her and you; the pleasure, comfort and at times humor in the writings of another.

Tuesday, June 7, 2011

CHILDHOOD MEMORIES

You can't go back to what once was
the memories of childhood days
of butterflies and wooley worms
of slipping through a maze
of puddles warm and wonderful
of jacks and balls and kites
of holding hands and jumping rope
of monsters in the night
of sleeping out beneath the stars
of campfires burning bright
of presents set around a tree
of stories told by candlelight
of mice and frogs and football games
played on neighbors lawns
of marbles, tops and hoola hoops
of spotted wobbly fawns
the memories of these wonderous things
grow bigger every day
as we reach our twilight years
and time starts to slip away
you can't go back and do again
the things that you once did
but enjoy the wonderful memories
of when you were a kid.
T.(undated)

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