by Henry Burt Stevens 05/18/2006 authorsden.com/henrybstevens
amid the happy balloons and cake are those alone
for the first time Mom's with out lost children
children now with out Moms alone with new grief
sure the circle will be unbroken we tell ourselves and smile weakly
but the special saddness never to be repaired cloaks us in pain.
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Reviewed by Candy T (Reader)
Reviewed on May 24, 2006
so true for many - a keen observation. my fifteen year-old daughter lost her friend just before mother's day this year, and it brought what you describe home to me.
Sooo sad but so true, the pain of not being with a mother or a mother not with her child is one of the worst no doubt of this world. Brilliant and insightful how you portray this feeling so well.
This Mother's Day has been the 1st year I have spent without any mother figures to celebrate this day with me, as both my own mother, and my mother-in-law have left us recently with a few months of each other. However, my hubby and my children made it special for me on that day.
However, on my birthday, May 15, my hubby has made that day all the more special for me and it sort of made up for the sadness on the 14th.
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This Mother's Day has been the 1st year I have spent without any mother figures to celebrate this day with me, as both my own mother, and my mother-in-law have left us recently with a few months of each other. However, my hubby and my children made it special for me on that day.
However, on my birthday, May 15, my hubby has made that day all the more special for me and it sort of made up for the sadness on the 14th.
Sandie May Angel a.k.a. Sandie Angel :o(