I just got off the phone with the "Kansan" aka Don. This morning he recieved a phone call that his mother had passed away. As Thanksgiving approaches knowing how hard this will be...as losing my own Mother 5 days prior to the same holiday. Don has shared with us his wonderful poetry and thoughts. So please take the time in your thoughts and prayers to add him...If there is any private words that you wish to share with him, he has asked the letters to be sent to my e-mail and I will get them to him when he has taken the time to grieve and get things in order. I know alot of you have been touched by his presence and his words, please take a moment to touch him in return...Love you all
I know how it is to lose a family members so close to the holidays, loss my baby brother on Dec. 18th, my Aunt on Dec 5th, and another aunt on thanksgiving. I feel for you, it makes it hard to enjoy the holidays, If you need any support just pm me.
I lost my mother almost two years ago. She lived with me the last six years of her life. I cared for her to the very end even when it became 24/7 care. I quit my job to be home with her at all times. I was very close to my mother and I still miss her dearly. It's funny how two years ago can seem like just earlier this morning.
When she passed away I wrote the following poem. I hope it's alright to share this with you, I imagine you feel very much the same way about your mom.
~ Empty Heart ~
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Waves crash upon the rocks with undulating persistence washing away the sands of time that gave birth to our existence
From ashes to ashes and dust to dust everything cycles in form this is the nature of life as we know it it's a endless emotional storm
My mother was a living testament to the beautiful things that arise and now that she's gone there's nothing to do but wipe the tears from my eyes
Emptiness is but a void a void that carries great pain emptiness within my soul is an unbearable emotional drain
I loved my mother more than I can say I've told her many times but knowing that does not relieve the pain of all my crimes
In retrospect I could have done this, and that, and so much more my mother never thought like that she wasn’t one to keep the score
She accepted life with all its woes and rejoiced in all its joy the only wish she ever had was to love her little boy
She loved her little girl as well for love is what she was a thought of mom will bring a smile because it always does
It really is that simple my mother was like a star spreading rays of loveshine that traveled near and far
Missing her is hard to take her vacant room left in her wake death has shaken like a quake my empty heart so full of ache
Everything seems so futile now it doesn't make sense to plan nothing will ever replace her for nothing ever can
The tides recede from the rocky beach and sand is washed away loneliness lingers as the waters calm and emptiness fills the day
Sunlight glistens on the ocean's skin sparkling like a magical wand a visual signal from heaven a message from the great beyond
Life as we know it is temporary for everyone dies in the end life's an illusion of atoms and dust an illusion we all must transcend
My mother's in spiritual form once again and she's watching her little boy grow I need to be thankful for all of her memories and for all that she gave me I owe
I can't now go back to give her more love but I can live with love in my heart for this is what my mother would wish and it's what I must impart
The empty void that fills my heart will not be easy to ignore but filling it with love will be, my most endearing chore
Loving my mother is still alive even though she's no longer here I'll love her forever with all of my heart as I pursue my empty frontier
I understand what your going through. I lost my dad two days before christmas at the tender age of 10. It is never easy as I lost both my parents and my son around the holidays. May God bless you in your time of need, your in my prayers.
May God give you strength through this difficult time. There are no words to express my deepest sympathies during your time of grief. Know that your mother is there watching over you. A mother's love is unlike any other.
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