It is Christmas time again
and I cannot help
but think of you, Mum
and how intensely feeling
you always were
not only at this time of year
but all the year through.
There was no time—
there was no day
not a single one
when you did not make
all our lives more beautiful
with the honest most innocent
love that you always shared.
I wish I could do the same
for my family now,
for my beautiful wife
and our lovely children,
but my efforts pale
compared to the joy
you managed to evoke.
There was just something
in you, something
so pure and kind,
a gentle feeling heart
that is so hard to find
these days when so many
are only concerned with the me.
It was simply magical
what you did for us, Mum.
I am 56 years old now
and I still ache at the memory
of you smiling kindly,
cradling us, humming to us,
making Christmas sparkle.
I miss you still, Mum.
And I know
that I always will.
A beautiful tribute to your Mother. I’m sure she heard it.
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Very poignant. Thank you for sharing this. May I ask how long ago your Mom died?
-David
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It’s been a about a decade now, David. Quite a while, I guess, and yet at times–especially holidays when we were want to come together as family–it hurts just the same.
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touching words! Merry Christmas to you and yours! the photos remind me so much of our family photos, and the one of you all on the couch is just like the one we have at my aunt’s in the 70’s. My mom must’a had the same wig!
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The hair styles were remarkable, weren’t they? You could just about tell the decade just by looking at my mum’s hair. Happy Christmas to you, Jay. All the best to you and yours.
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Merry Christmas George… such a beautiful thing to write about your mother. She sounds like she was an amazing woman.
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Oh she was, Michelle. Thank you. And have a lovely Christmas.
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Beautiful photo and wonderful words. We will remember the people who loved us and we loved them. Thank you for sharing the amazing poetry and your thoughts.
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Cheers, John, and the most joyful of memories and happiest of holidays to you and yours.
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Happy New year my friend and I wish you great happiness in 2021.
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