As a young woman during World War II Mom, joined with her mother (my Grandmother), in helping refugees that were being evacuated from London.
During an outing in the early months of 1945 Mom, along with friends ‘bumped’ into a small group of Royal Air Force officers who were having a little R &R. One young man in particular caught her eye, or maybe she caught his eye, anyway…later that year they married.
My Mom was a devoted wife, a good mother and a wonderful homemaker. Despite the usual mother/daughter moments, we always resolved our differences and over the years became even closer. A lifetime of memories would fill volumes.
In her 50’s, Mom’s health became an issue, she developed diabetes, complicated by a pre-existing heart condition. Stabilized by medication, Mom went on with life, always giving and never complaining.
During the years that followed, I could see a decline in both of my parent’s health and eventually plans were put in place to have them live with us. It was during that planning time, in September of 1993, I was awakened by a very early morning phone call. Generally phone calls this early in the day were either a wrong number or bad news. This call was no exception, it was a call that broke my heart and changed my life. At the young age of 66, the woman that meant the world to me, my dear Mom had passed away. Her weakened heart had beat for a final time during her sleep.
There are not enough words to express how much I miss her and think of her every day; in her memory, I would like to share this poem.
And memories were a lane,
I would walk right up to heaven
To bring you home again
No farewell words were spoken
No time to say goodbye
You were gone before I knew it
And only God knows why
My heart still aches in sadness
And secret tears still flow,
What it meant to lose you,
No one will ever know.
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What a beautiful tribute. Well done you.
A lovely tribute to your mum. I feel the same about mine.
The poem expresses very well the sad sudden loss of your mother... Having lost my own mother 2 years ago, I understand the void in your heart.
They never really leave us completely do they? I understand your pain but also think it is wonderful you have such great memories of your Mom. She passed in the gentlest of ways, fitting for a gentle woman.
I love the poem, the first four lines sound in my head when ever I lose a loved one.
Beautiful tribute.
A touching post, Sunny...how wonderful to have had such a relationship with your mother...the poem is also touching...it awakens memories...
Sounds as though you had a truly wonderful relationship with your Mom. Thanks for sharing.
P.S. Thanks for all your comments on my blog.
DF
I think of your love and friendship and that makes me warm....I did not have that with my mother. Didn't even know her. And, I'm always happy when I hear that two other women experienced such depth of emotion between them.
But, mostly I am struck how blessed your mother was to cross over into her next life, so peacefully from this one. Blessed. Truly.
And, blessings on you as you shared her with us.
What a beautiful tribute to your mother. She obviously did a wonderful job of raising her daughter.
A wonderful tribute to your mom.
My mom and I have not always seen eye to eye and we had drifted somewhat a part. Just recently things have made a turn around and I feel close to my mom again. :-) I thank God that it has happened before it was too late.
A beautiful tribute to your mom! I'm so glad you had such a wonderful relationship with her. I didn't have that, but I think good can come out of unhappy experiences and it did make me so determined to be to my children all that I had wanted from both my parents. I can only hope that I have succeeded, but I do have wonderful relationships with all four and that is the greatest blessing of all.
Thanks for sharing and for the very lovely words.
Sylvia
I am so happy I still have both my Mum and my Dad around and I hope they will be around for many years to come!
The poem was really lovely.
So beautifully written.
What a lovely way to honor your mom's memory.
What a touching story of your mom. My mom died when she was 52 years old and I was 24! That was many years ago and I miss her very much. I wish we could have had the fun and experiences that I now have with my daughter.
A really nice Tribute to your Mother. It is almost the same way that your Mother met your Father, as mine did. My Mother met my Father over in London during WWII sometime in 1944. They married and I came along in March of 1947. I remember my Mother very well, but my Father I never knew. I lost Mom on Dec. 22, 2004 @ 1:09 p.m. at the age of 85 to Cancer.
Les
What a beautiful poem! You are so lucky to have such wonderful memories to treasure. I lost my own mother when I was too young to remember her at all.
What a lovely tribute. My relationship withmy mother was rather difficult at best, but we were on our way to crossing the bridge when she died. Now I miss her.
Your post made me cry, Sunny. My sweet Mama died in 1991 and I miss her also--just like you miss yours.
I had a bad first marriage (even though I have 3 wonderful sons from that marriage). BUT--my mother never got to meet George. She would love him so much --and be so happy for me.
Love and Prayers, Sweet Sunny,
Betsy
Lovely tribute to your mother and the poem is very touching. Having lost family members without the chance to say the farewell words, the poem expressed my feelings in a beautiful way.
Thank you all so much for your kind words.
Sunny :)
Sunny, What a lovely tribute to your Mom! She would be proud of you! :)
What a lovely tribute to your Mother. I still have my Mother and I thank God every night. But you also have to remember, I have a young Mother, she was only 13 years and 10 months old when I was born. She still lives alone, Dad died some years back. I was never close to my Father. I know when my sister passed, in 1983 at the age of 42, I would catch myself going to pick up the phone to call her to tell her something funny, or just to talk and then remember, I couldn't do that.
I can't imagine how it will be with my Mother. She'll be 87 in Dec. I know she doesn't have a lot of time left, but there will never be anyone I can talk to and with like I do my Mom.
I had a gentleman send me a little hand written note in Calligraphy and it said, A Mother is a woman that can take the place of all others, but whose place no one else can take. How true that is.
Again, a beautiful tribute to your Mother.
Very touching, Sunny. Interestingly enough, my mother also passed in 1993...and I, too, miss her greatly and think of her every day.
Thanks for a wonderful post.
I do not remember who said that "The memory of the heart is the immortality of the humble." As long as we think to those that we lost, we loved and who loved us, we prolong their life a little bit ...
(sorry for my English. I do not know if you can understand what I mean)
Such a nice tribute to your mom, Sunny! This post is really nice !!
My mom has been gone 10 years last month, I still miss her, I am an only child and my parents separated when I was just 7, so it was 'mom and me' for a lot of years. We had a special bond also and you reminded me of that ..:)
Thank you Sunny for a beautiful story. Your words make it very clear how special she was to you and to everyone. I lost my mom years ago when I was just 24...she was much too young. I still miss her and wish I could say goodbye. But now when I think of her, a smile comes to my face and I remember all those wonderful memories. So she's not really gone.
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