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Naomi
by +Steven Curtis Lance → (All Poetry by +Steven Curtis Lance)
Monday, November 4, 2019    Rated "G" by the Author.
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Naomi



for Mildred Naomi Eckart Graham
22 August 1905 - 8 November 2001



My Grandma used to say
We might as well laugh as to cry

Through World Wars One and Two
Depression and repression too
Seeing her people die
Having to let go to get through
By being anyway
She learned the hard way what she knew
But she knew what to do

Naomi was her name back when
She was on the prairie
Milly in the 20s roaring
With Johnny the Barber
Through times that were as tough as her
Never being boring
Being extraordinary

Before I knew her then
As Grandma being someone who
Knew how from having been
To get through it now and get by
Somehow and then to say
We might as well laugh as to cry
And I knew it was true

Naomi this poem and I
Would never have been but for you



Steven Curtis Lance


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 Reviews of "Naomi"
Reviewed on November 5, 2019
Your words show the love and respect, not to mention gratitude, you have for your Grandma to this day. Beautifully done, Steven!

Love ya!

Jane

Reviewed by Ronald Hull
Reviewed on November 4, 2019
Wonderful ode to your grandmother. That last line is so true. So many of us don't realize how much our maternal grandparents were why we are here as well as their love for us.

Ron


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