-
Quick Tour
Connect. Share. Learn.Welcome to ActiveRain, the #1 social community for real estate professionals.- Explore the world's largest storehouse of real estate knowledge
- Access free training on ActiveRain University
- Share the experience of life in the real estate industry
- Grow your business through real estate blogging
- Blogs
-
Resources
Product Reviews Curious as to what others in your profession think about a certain product or tool? AR's community takes the time to leave honest and transparent reviews of their experiences so you can be a bit wiser about your purchase.
- Broken down by categories and subcategories for easy finds
- Get an unfiltered look at what real users are saying
- Leave a review yourself for others to benefit from
- Add new products as you use them and gain points for doing so
|
;)
;)
;)
Find CA real estate agents and Cotati real estate on ActiveRain.
Disclaimer: ActiveRain Corp. does not necessarily endorse the real estate agents, loan officers and brokers listed on this site. These real estate profiles, blogs and blog entries are provided here as a courtesy to our visitors to help them make an informed decision when buying or selling a house. ActiveRain Corp. takes no responsibility for the content in these profiles, that are written by the members of this community.
© 2013 ActiveRain Corp. All Rights Reserved
13 Comments on Happy Birthday Mom
Happy Birthday to your beloved Mom. Time heals all wounds, but thank God there's no cure for this kind of love. Embrace the memories Cynthia.
Cynthia,
Happy Birthday to our Mom. She raise an outstanding Young Lady (That's You), and I am very proud to be your friend. I know your Mom is very proud of you.
Randy
Cynthia,
I write this to you with tears streaming down my face. I felt your heartache so completely. I do understand as I lost my dear, sweet grandma to cancer in 1995. She loved me more than anyone else in the world and I felt it, knew it and was confident of it every day. Then she was gone. There was a poem that the hospice people gave us at the end and I hope it isn't too presumptuous of me to share it with you. But I have kept it for years because it helped me to much, it goes...
I am standing upon the seashore.
A ship at my side spreads her white sails to the morning breeze and starts for the blue ocean.
She is an object of beauty and strength.
I stand and watch her until at length she hangs like a speck of white cloud just where the sea and sky come to mingle with each other.
Then someone at my side says:
"There, she is gone!"
"Gone where?"
Gone from my sight. That is all.
She is just as large in mast and hull and spar as she was when she left my side and she is just as able to bear her load of living freight to her destined port.
Her diminished size is in me, not her. And just at the moment when someone at my side says:
"There, she is gone!"
There are other eyes watching her coming, and other voices ready to take up the glad shout
"Here she comes!"
And that is dying.
Cynthia, I hope that soothes you as it did me.
All My Best,
Kerry
Charita - thank you, I do cherish the memories.
Randy - thanks, I love being your friend as well.
Kerry - I love this poem and I'm glad you left it here for others to read. I didn't understand what Hospice offered until my dad passed away (6 months after my mom). I was so intrigued with Hospice that I became trained as a volunteer which I did for two years. I'm now a Hospice trained end of life care giver.
Cynthia,
That is outstanding. It takes a very special person to give so much of themselves. You should write a pay it forward blog about your experiences.
This is a beautiful tribute to your Mom on her birthday Cynthia. Having lost my Dad two years ago, I know how you're feeling. I wrote a post on his birthday in June. Time doesn't seem to make it any easier, at least not for me. It's almost harder as more time passes. Best to you today and every day.
Cynthia - Happy Birthday to your Mom. The family that we lose is so hard to get over. I lost my Mother over 10 years ago and she is always coming to the forefront. Especially her birthday and holidays.
Cynthia- you look so much like your beautiful mother. I'm in awe that you have the strenth to work with Hospice. My heart goes out to you.
It is tough to watch a parent die. My mother died of lung cancer almost 4 years ago. She never smoked and it was a hideous way to go. It took 2 years and she bore it with grace. She had amazing free hospice care in South Wales. I admire what you are doing. I saw how close some of the care givers got to my mother and it is an incredibly difficult job.
I lost my Mom in December and it was almost like someome grabbed my heart and shook it. My dad passed 34 years ago and I had forgotten the pain...
Kerry - I've written about three blogs about my Hospice experiences ... they are really tough to write about because my "patients" have been family and friends.
Roger - thank you for your kind words. I'll go find you post about your father, I missed it.
Ken - the birthdays are the toughest for me.
Tammy - thank you, she was a pretty woman with red hair ... I don't work with Hospice any longer, my care giving is for friends and family.
Jane - care giving is exhausting but so rewarding ... and yes, it is hard to not get close to those you are caring for.
Paul - ouch, that was quite recent ... losing the person who gave birth to me was a surreal experience, almost uncomprehensible. It definitely brings mortality to the forefront.
Cynthia - I'm so sorry for the loss of your dear mother. It sounds like you do have some wonderful memories of her though and that is wonderful on days like this.
Donne - thanks ... yes I do have some very fond memories. I'm glad those will last forever.
Login or register to leave a comment