tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3940514381282563165.post1865374756373117412..comments2021-10-14T20:55:37.261-04:00Comments on ANN OF GREEN CABLES: A Tribute To My MotherMarhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02138254277082008962noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3940514381282563165.post-27908835629109808552009-07-22T14:28:00.737-04:002009-07-22T14:28:00.737-04:00What a lovely, lovely poem Marlene! I am in the fi...What a lovely, lovely poem Marlene! I am in the fifty's category and it just brought tears to my eyes!<br />I too get impatient with my mother at times but I do try and put myself in her place. And pray that my children are more patient with me! The two grown ones are but the 14 year old is forever reminding me that I am just like my mother!!Dianahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11429812875586479256noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3940514381282563165.post-1165464566237202152009-07-22T11:46:40.195-04:002009-07-22T11:46:40.195-04:00Such a touching post Marlene...I lost my mother 2 ...Such a touching post Marlene...I lost my mother 2 years ago this past June...My mother had always been a strong and capable woman...it was hard to see her failing health the last year of her life...but I made sure to create lasting memories with her during that period...they give me comfort now...Your mother is lovely!Wanda.....https://www.blogger.com/profile/00551160819558198338noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3940514381282563165.post-80191805416316320562009-07-22T10:13:11.577-04:002009-07-22T10:13:11.577-04:00You are a sweet daughter...A Tribute to My Mother ...You are a sweet daughter...A Tribute to My Mother is a moving one. Thank you for sharing it with us, Marlene.<br />Smiles from JackieAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3940514381282563165.post-88311187650846990242009-07-22T07:35:46.584-04:002009-07-22T07:35:46.584-04:00That is a very poignant poem. I had received it i...That is a very poignant poem. I had received it in an email a few years ago when I had placed my Mom in a nursing home, (she had Alzheimer's Disease, she lost her capacity to verbalize at the end), and I just wept and wept.<br /><br />I did get a Gift from Heaven once though, I had posted about it when I first started my blog. I was sitting with my Mom in the nursing home (she was incoherent at the time), she had just received Holy Communion (very rare for her as she didn't want it anymore), and she lifted her head, looked at me and said very clearly, "God's Been very Good to me." I wept and wept then too.<br /><br />Cherish your Mom.<br />But don't beat yourself up too much for the times when it's hard to show that you do cherish her.<br /><br /><br />As for the rest of us, if you have your mental faculties I guess you can resolve to be happy wherever you are, but if you're like my Mom was the last years of her life, there's not much hope of choosing to be happy.<br /><br />All the best,<br />EileenEileenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13679894230965874631noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3940514381282563165.post-42917737248311286482009-07-22T07:04:53.974-04:002009-07-22T07:04:53.974-04:00Oh Marlene, how true this is! I saw a similar poe...Oh Marlene, how true this is! I saw a similar poem about an old man in a nursing home (or maybe they copied this one).<br />Not trying to just make excuses, but I think we don't want to see older people failing to do routine things because we are thinking, at least subconsciously, that we could be that way one day.<br />Sometimes I was impatient with my own mother because I didn't want to see anything go wrong with her or face the fact that I would lose her if things kept failing.<br />But the answer for every situation is to always be very loving.<br />Your mother looks good and your visits are sweet.<br /><br />blessings and hugs,<br /><br />marcyBlessings each dayhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08253526265578804769noreply@blogger.com