How very true Fee. So many lovely people sit and wait for someone to talk to and share their memories with them.

hugs
Kathy

Waht a poem, the BEST I've read (where elders are concerned)
Sweetie, you touched my heart deeply!
This is a Keeper too!
Thank you for writing this SWEET FEE, and it's so very (sad) but True, I know when I visitied my Grandma at her assisted home (with close units) It was sad to hear the stories... and of the aloneness in their eyes/soul/etc. The only thing I could do was listen, but for a few I dug their gardens and planted the plants they wanted! I loved doing it and seeing their smiles... One lady, I put my potting soil in my trunk, and the shovel/etc. and surprised her BEFORE I knocked on her door in the morning...we had breakfast, I will never forget it! I may write about it... Thank you for the spark! "Again, it's been awhile, my fault not reading in your site like I use and WILL AGAIN! PROMISE!
Things NEED to CHANGE!
I'm so glad you wrote this poem! YOur easy flow I have come to know, and love!
YOur heart is sublime!
WArmest Of Love, Warrior Purple Lady SHEExooo

How right you are, great poem!

I can so relate to this poem. I spent many long hours with my beloved aunt in the assisted living home before she passed. You've offered an excellent word of warning in this fine piece. Your friend, Kathy

I need some tissues, this really touches my heart Fee....
I did my clinicals at a Nursing Home & I was heart stricken by many things I seen & felt.
"I put my arms around a dear one

Who smiled just to hold my hand

How she could be so deserted by her family

I just couldn’t understand"

Many Blessings To You Poet & The Love You Share
Embraced
Vickie

Fee,
I'm always amazed by those who don't appreciate a parent who took good care of them. Hugs,
Sheila

Beautiful, endearing expressions unfortunately very true. So many spend the last of their lives in Nursing Homes and for whatever reason become forgotten, except for a few memories.....

Be always safe,
Karen

Everybody should have somebody...as everybody is a somebody! Fee your heart is rich!
Love,
Christine

So very true Felix as I have come to love this lady as my own Mother and looked forward to my visits to see her. Shame on those who have forgotten her and her love for they will answer one day. Who will hold them as they cry their tears. Thank you Cuz for sharing.

Love ya face Cuz XOXOXO, Rose

You're right. I was "lucky" my mother was in a nursing home for only about 3-4 months. She was not deserted. But I saw others who were. Who had outlived their children. Sad. They loved my smiles and hellos. Liz

Your poem is filled with wisdom and love. Enjoyed

You always pick excellent topics, Fee...too bad this is so true
peace and love, Carole~

"Other cultures venerate their elders, why not North America?" -- Great question from Karla. I have lived in Japan, Vietnam, China, Philippines, Guam, and Mexico. Old people are cherished family/village members in those cultures, cared for and loved to the end (and sometimes beyond). Perhaps, in our prideful thrust for individuation, we have created something monstrous here in North America.

I love that photo, Fee. She looks so tiny and fragile and sweet :-)

Ted

Other cultures venerate their elders, why not North America? Sad.

(((HUGS))) and love, Karla.

Fee,
Amazing write, I worked in a nursing home for many years, I know firsthand what you have written about. I vowed never to put my parents in a nursing home, I never had to make that decision since Mama died at 39 by a hit run driver, and Daddy died a few years after that. I've seen some patients with loving children who come and help with their Mom or Dad, but some poor souls had no one, they were just empty shells sitting in the halls. So sad, Fee. The end of a persons life should be much more than that.

Huggggs,
~Linda

So true, Fee; excellent message in this! So sad when we forget our elderly parents, or elderly people in general; they deserve to be treated far better than this! Heartrending write!

(((HUGS))) and much love, your friend in Tx., Karen Lynn. :( >tears! <

Excellent subject matter & as always an excellent write...Ed

Visited the Seniors Home around here, a few were glad of the big cake with frosting and star-candles and the time talking, telling, smiling, forgetting that some of them didn't have a visit from the family, again, but happy that extrangers took the time.

Georg

Strong write Fee and all too true I'm afraid. Well done my friend; God bless.