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the world's best mom

Tue, May 12 2020, 10:52 pm

Um... to the grocery I think? Where else is there to go?

Thanks.

silverlining3

Thu, May 14 2020, 1:22 pm

As I open my eyes every morning and in bed I lay
My vision is still grey
Of what happened yesterday

I think, how will this day run by
From my inner me escapes a sigh
I can't do this anymore, I want to cry

I get out and dress in style
Paste on a smile
I'll get through this day, this long mile

With breakfast, lunch, dinner, and snacks inbetween
Prayers, schoolwork, crafts, while trying to keep everything clean
I'm sure you know what I mean

Promising myself not to get involved in any sort of fight
Try hard as I might
I can go fly a kite

As the day crawls by, tic toc tic
Attempting to stay calm, doing every trick
Only to lose it yet again very quick

Finally when everyone is sound and asleep
I sink into my thoughts deep
And realize, even if I want I can't weep

Because if I mastered to come out alive
I have what to strive
For my home, my kids hive

As the saying goes
You don't know how strong you are, until being strong is your only choice.
It's a good medicine dose

I stand taller than ever
Balancing the lever
I didn't know I can pull this long, never!

And so, I head towards what I'm cravin'
I tuck myself under my covers, for that's my safe haven!

amother

Yellow

Thu, May 14 2020, 2:13 pm

Silverlinings that is just wow.

thriver

Thu, May 14 2020, 2:39 pm

Keep on fighting and keep on writing. ❤️ Powerful emotions there!

sometimes a good cry is helpful before starting over again. Take care of yourself! 🤗

amother

Denim

Mon, Dec 07 2020, 1:36 am

Some people say
I'm an open book
They can see what I'm thinking
Just by taking a look

Some people say
I'm closed like a wall
That when they try to pry
It doesn't even make a dent at all

I'd like to think I'm pretty ok open and closed to some
Yet if you want information I'm not the one to whom you should come
I'm not willing to spill all about me in one sitting
Are you kidding?

Yet if this is a friendship we want to pursue
I don't have a problem talking to you

amother

Ecru

Mon, Dec 07 2020, 4:25 am

thriver wrote:

I’ll post the pre-published version (that’s what I could find):

On Life and Laundry

I remember
Looking at my oldest
As a newborn
In the neonatal ICU
He had so many wires
All hooked up

When he was finally
Able to wear something
More than just a diaper
And we were able to dress him
In a beautiful tiny
Preemie stretchy
And my husband
Did the baby’s laundry
For the first time
He held the tiny stretchy
And we felt so blessed
And we relished
Washing and folding
The laundry

Now here I am
Nine years
Three children
Later
Thirty years old
Eight rounds of chemo
One mastectomy
Twenty something rounds of radiation
Later
And the help is no longer
What it was
What I needed
Could not function
Without
This past year
And the laundry is piling
And I can’t keep up
And it is hard
And it is not easy
And my strength is not what it once was

And I cry a little more easily
And it is overwhelming
But I try to remember
How blessed I am
To be alive
To be here
Functioning
And doing my family’s laundry

WOW. I have no words. Unbelievable.

amother

Denim

Mon, Dec 07 2020, 10:43 pm

Come my dear
Take a break
Try to relax

Noone likes to come home
When your a wreck

Let all your bottled up emotions
Come pouring out like a wave in the ocean

Never give up hope or fall into despair
Don't forget Hashem is for you always there

Just breathe in and know you are believing
Hashem is kind and very forgiving

No one expects you to be perfect all the time
Come on let loose all your words don't have to rhyme

Just open up to us we are your friends and always are there for you

Just know that we will be there thick and through

Hold on tight
He will never let you fall
It's all right
Don't be afraid at all

Nothing bad to happen to those who hold on to their core
You will not have pain or fear anymore

amother

Maroon

Tue, Dec 15 2020, 2:14 am

Denim they are both beautiful! Thanks for sharing

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Maroon

Tue, Dec 15 2020, 2:24 am

Dd

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Sienna

Tue, Dec 15 2020, 9:20 am

I have boulders on my shoulders
They weigh down every day
Every hour, every minute, every second they hold sway

I’ve big boulders on my back
“Ima, you are one big hack!”
Big boulders building blame and shame

I’ve got boulders on my head
“Lazy girl, get out of bed!”
Who ever listened to that kind of mom?

Those large boulders in my mind
Keep me paralyzed, behind
Potential nothing but a whim
Under threat of life and limb

To those boulders, here’s my message
You’re a very wounded child
Searching, begging, pleading to be saved amidst the wild

Boulders, boulders, you protect
The safest part of me
You’ve done your job, and I’m here now
To meet my destiny.

No more boulders on my shoulders
Well, perhaps some rocks and pebbles
Protected, nurtured as was meant
Not like those boulder rebels

Goodbye to the angry boulders
Gently, warmly, softly changed
Ima, find your real self now
From which you’ve been so estranged.

amother

Mauve

Tue, Dec 15 2020, 9:24 am

I feel the same way!
You described it so well!
Great poem!

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