"Omelet" > wrote in message
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> In article >,
> "jmcquown" > wrote:
>
>> Wayne Boatwright wrote:
>> > Jill,
>> >
>> > Sometime in the year before my mother died, I found a framed copy of
>> > the following poem. I gave it to her as one her gifts on the
>> > Christmas before she died the following March. I don't know who
>> > wrote it, but I wanted to share it with you. I was barely able to
>> > speak at her funeral. I read this poem instead.
>> > __________________________________________________ _______________________
>> >
>> > Most Precious Mother,
>> >
>> > This I know . . . . . As your child, I have received the most genuine
>> > and important message from you. I know you love me and have always
>> > loved me.
>> >
>> > I know you have, to the best of your ability, with the work of your
>> > body, dedication of your mind, and strength of your soul, given me
>> > love, shelter and food. You have given me as much of your time as
>> > possible in this hectic, hurried world. You have given me fun and
>> > laughter. You have given me safety and protection. You have taught
>> > me about life's unpleasantries without scaring me too much. In my
>> > darkest moments, you appeared with comfort and understanding. I
>> > always knew you were on my side.
>> >
>> > I know you did the best you could with the tools you were given.
>> > Because of this, the door to my heart is always open to you.
>> >
>> > Thank you for the pleasures and treasures you have given me, both
>> > deserved and not. I know at times I troubled you, and for this I am
>> > sorry. There has never been anything you have done that has taken
>> > away my unconditional love for you. Always and now, in my eyes,
>> > heart, and soul, you are to me the most loving touch, the kindest
>> > thought, and the most perfect gift.
>> >
>> > I have never known a time I did not love you . . . . . I loved you
>> > with every breath you took . . . . . I will love you . . . . .
>> > forever.
>> > __________________________________________________ _______________________
>> >
>> >
>> > I also wrote of her, many months later, "Fleeting beauty as the years
>> > pass by are my memories of you."
>>
>>
>> Thank you. That's beautiful. Fortunately, they don't ask you to speak
>> at
>> military funerals. And my mother will be cremated and buried alongside
>> my
>> father at Beaufort National Cemetery. Of course she won't have the
>> 21-gun
>> salute but she'll have a honor guard.
>>
>> I'm trying to write the eulogy for the newspaper. Unfortnately she
>> wasn't
>> involved in a lot of things. But the best thing I can say is she'd have
>> done anything for anyone at the drop of a hat. She cared about people
>> and
>> about people's feelings. She was the sweetest woman I ever knew. And
>> she
>> had great fashion sense... except when she let me wear velvet in the
>> 1970's
>> LOL
>>
>> I love my mother, and I'll miss my mother. And now I've got all this fur
>> with eyeballs and claws and I'm not talking about my cat. Egads!!
>>
>> Jill
>
> Jill, only the good die young. <sigh> I can count my Beloved Aunt (died
> at 59) and mom (died at 68) in that. :-( Makes me wonder if I should be
> meaner.


No. That thinking will give me immortality.
When I was a young boy I wanted to live forever. As I age I realize I just
want to live long enough to be of some worth or use.

TFM®