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Author:  Gwenllian [ Tue Jun 14, 2011 12:50 am ]
Post subject:  I saw you
I saw you today
I know that I did
just a glimpse through the crowd
before you were hid

I see you a lot
as I go through my day
I never expect it
and you never stay

sometimes your laughter
will drift past my door
and sometimes I smell it,
that perfume you wore

Each day I still miss you
though it's been eight long years
and some days I cry for you
when no one can hear

you'll always be with me
That's how it should be
because you are my Mum
and you'd never leave me
Author:  WaylandCybersmith [ Tue Jun 14, 2011 6:22 am ]
Post subject:  Re: I saw you
Beautiful poem. My mum died some years back, and I miss her, too. I had the privilege of staying with her the weekend before she died. We played scrabble, and she beat me! Wonderful! She passed a couple of days later. I was truly blessed to have her as my mother.
Author:  HogstanceBilgecrack [ Tue Jun 14, 2011 7:24 am ]
Post subject:  Re: I saw you
Beautiful poem, Gwen.
Author:  Tanza [ Tue Jun 14, 2011 10:03 am ]
Post subject:  Re: I saw you
Aww...mate...that's lovely. Did your mum sew like you do...or do anything else you also like to do??
Author:  Gwenllian [ Tue Jun 14, 2011 12:02 pm ]
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Thank you so much guys our parents are very precious we should cherish them while we can. I tell my children and my partner I love them every day because that's the last memory of me I want them to have . No Tanza she couldn't sew a button on! But she was an Olympic standard knitter and baker lol :D
Author:  Tanza [ Tue Jun 14, 2011 1:30 pm ]
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...you mean that kind of knitting...where you can't see their fingers moving, but the scarf grows by a foot each second?? Yes, my mother was like that...finger poised and crooked...watching TV, nattering to my auntie and feeding the dog all at the same time! Haha! She'd always make fun of me as I wound the wool around my needle with the most exaggerated motion you could imagine. My dad would also do impressions of me doing the same. He'd make this really large circle with his elbow and fist and say, ''What're you tryin' to do?...Lasso a horse?...What d'ya think this is?...Bonanza?!''

Hmmm...I wouldn't have minded, but he could actually knit better than me, so I couldn't even come back with a cocky answer to get my own back. Apparently, everyone learned to knit in 'them' days, even the boys. I remember he used to use this really scratchy, itchy wool and I'd hate touching it. He said it was good stuff. Oh dear...well...for scouring pans, yeah.

Shame how we remember so much of our parents when they're gone. I wish I could have my ma and pa back, just so I could look at them for a bit. One second would do...sigh.
Author:  Gwenllian [ Tue Jun 14, 2011 2:42 pm ]
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I know what you mean Tanza, but take a look in the mirror, I bet you'll see a little bit of them in your reflection x

And yes that's exactly the knitting I mean, I swear she produced jumpers overnight!! I'm pretty speedy myself but not up to her standard !!
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