I’ve been given a lot of cards and poetry, a lot of sympathies and hugs, a lot of nods and shared tears over the past couple of weeks. It’s been harder on other folks, I think, than myself or my family.
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\nMom was a great friend, she’d give the shirt off her back for most people. It was family that she had a problem with… we owed her, you see. And not just us, but everyone who shared blood with her. She was expected to grow up fast, and because of that, she took it out on those around her. For relatives, things came at a cost and often not just monetary.<\/p>\n
She started to show that more and more in her later years. Before that, it was selectively shown to her children, parents and siblings. What they say about lives behind closed doors is quite true.<\/p>\n
That was never going to change. So, like I’ve mentioned elsewhere this week, I’m not mourning what was. I am mourning what could have been.<\/p>\n
I hope she has found the peace that she didn’t have in life.<\/p>\n
From an old friend, who posted this for the family the day after Mom died:<\/p>\n
In the rise of the sun and in its going down
\nWe remember them<\/p>\n
In the blowing of the wind and in the chill of winter
\nWe remember them<\/p>\n
In the warmth of the sun and the peace of summer
\nWe remember them<\/p>\n
In the rustling of the leaves and the beauty of autumn
\nWe remember them<\/p>\n
In the beginning of the year and when it ends
\nWe remember them<\/p>\n
When we are weary and in need of strength
\nWe remember them<\/p>\n
When we are lost and sick at heart
\nWe remember them<\/p>\n
When we have joys we yearn to share
\nWe remember them<\/p>\n
So long as we live,they too shall live,
\nFor they are now part of us,
\nAs we remember them.<\/p>\n
By Rabbis Sylvan Kamens & Jack Riemer from Gates of Prayer<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n Thanks, Cory! I’m going to suggest that we read this at the internment… \ud83d\ude42<\/p>\n ’til next week, I’ve been given a lot of cards and poetry, a lot of sympathies and hugs, a lot of nods and shared tears over the past couple of weeks. It’s been harder on other folks, I think, than myself or my family.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[871,1,870,799],"tags":[1060,260,630,2117,1475,877,29,2116],"class_list":["post-3875","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-featured","category-general-pondering-on-writing","category-headline","category-miscellania","tag-death","tag-family","tag-grief","tag-mourning","tag-moving-forward","tag-past","tag-poetry","tag-we-remember"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/jodilee.sacredtriskele.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3875","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/jodilee.sacredtriskele.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/jodilee.sacredtriskele.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jodilee.sacredtriskele.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jodilee.sacredtriskele.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=3875"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/jodilee.sacredtriskele.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3875\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3888,"href":"https:\/\/jodilee.sacredtriskele.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3875\/revisions\/3888"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/jodilee.sacredtriskele.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=3875"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jodilee.sacredtriskele.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=3875"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jodilee.sacredtriskele.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=3875"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
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