Mama you used to always tell me to wear a girdle because I needed to hold in my stomach.
I used to get so irritated at you over those suggestions about my clothing.
Now that I am sixty I can recall clearly the things you said.
I am wearing that girdle mama because after my hernia operation it did a lot to ease pain and yes it holds my stomach in.
Mama there is so much that I wish I could say to you and if I could I would walk right up to heaven and tell you that.
2001 was such a hard year for us, because that year you died from two malignant brain tumors.
You were our mother right up to the end, because I had kidney cancer and your oldest child had bladder cancer.
But you never lost not even in death that little lift of your chin and the way that you turned your head.
We knew that you wanted to be with daddy and our two brothers.
We knew too that you were not in pain but that did not stop us from crying buckets of tears.
So mama this year I will be doing Relay For Life and there will be a candle for you.
Because you were right, a girdle holds what is left of me together and by the way, thanks mama.
Author notes
My mother died on March 15, 2001. She was 90 and I still think about her often. I wish that I could just talk to her on the phone.
A contest entry
- Poems about tragedy by Serenity-words.
750 points, ended March 26, 26 entries
• next poem in this contest, remove from contest
Thinking about my mother as the anniversary of death is coming up.
Comments
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I wish you would...
Stop bringing tears to my eyes. But Judy, I see your heart here and your tremendous love for your Mother. She had a good long life and left a legacy that can been seen through your eyes.
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Great Job thanks for entering.
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Ah, this is a precious write from a daughters heart. I hope you feel her love as you remember her this week end.
Sam
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You just did
I am sure she heard Judy.
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