Trying to remember
The words my mother said
Read the whole book
Brush your teeth before you go to bed

Never judge a person
From anything but what's within
Think about your actions
Live life with a grin

Trying to remember
As she now struggles to breathe
Wishing I could fix it
Like all the times that she fixed me

Bandaides on my knees
A puke pan by my bed
Yet the time we had is gone now
Her passing I do dread

She tried to find the good
In everyone she met
She is my best friend
One I'll never quite forget

I'm praying now for strength
Knowing my mother now needs me
To be the calm during the storm
When she sails off to see

She lost her little boy
When he was only two
Her life has been a hard one
Yet she always did make due

Her parents both deceased
Her twin sister died a few years before
A brother is in heaven
I know she waits to meet the Lord

It's hard knowing one day
That final call will come
I just pray the Lord will ease her pain
When her victory here is won

For today I'll be her strength
Try to ease her pain with joy
As we watch my son with Down syndrome
Be a happy little boy

Bouncing around her room
With such joy in his eyes
Singing and doing a silly dance
I can see the light in her eyes

She manages to tell me
"Keeps you busy"... yes, mom every day
Her hands are cold as ice
I want to kneel down to pray

I know I have to remember
There is a season for all things
I've been lucky to have had her as a mom
No matter what tomorrow brings

Please remember
the advice of a mom
For one day she may be weak
While you are left there to be strong

When it's over
And the final journey is done
Remember there is nothing
With love that you can't overcome

It's my love for my mother
My love for my best friend
That will get me through the grief
When her journey comes to an end

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I saw my mom struggling to breathe today and to lift her glasses back on her face. She was so frail and weak but her memory I never want to erase. I know she has longed to see my brother who died 47 years ago when he was two years old. I guess I need to git my butt to bed cus morning comes early. Praying my mom gets through tonight to see her husband when he is moved to see her.

SDF

SDF 1-8-12

I'm here to win!

Rough day today. Went to see my mom who certainly was really struggling to just breathe today. She could barely talk at all, and it is so darn hard watching her struggle like this. My stepdad joins her tomorrow afternoon. I sit back thinking I hate knowing she is alone right now, but I'm a single Mom and also need to take care of my son with Down syndrome. I went to see my stepdad who was telling me to let mom know he was coming.... but I know calling her is not a good thing right now when she can't breathe. She knows he is coming soon. I've seen her struggle before, but this time does feel different and maybe it is because I know she isn't going home. I hope seeing him make a difference, and I hope he can handle this because it is hard seeing her struggling.

worked for the circus as bozo

Is a lion in bed.... or lying in bed

origami

I win! (oh be quiet and let me dream!)

I am a mother to seven year old adopted son with Down syndrome, and mother to four grown children. I mom, friend, daughter and family is where my heart is. I am a writer, a romantic, a dreamer, and an optimist. I will be a grandmother in May.

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devastating is watching my father die with cancer when he was in his fifties, and seeing my stepfather with dementia and struggle as he forgets when he talked to my mom last and she is now in a nursing home. Devastating is seeing my mom on a ventilator and knowing my son is smoking. Devastating is a house full of stuff and knowing my parents will never return to be in their home again, and knowing I will have to go there myself and help go through stuff.

a writer

Thank you Anijel...
Terry lovely write as always! xo

Excuse me.... coming thru

cockatoo

my son gave me an eskimo kiss and I know he loves me.

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