Frannie aka NanaBanana wrote:
> The day is here. 10 years since Mindi has been gone. For people that
> weren't here 10 years ago when the NG was active, Mindi is my daughter,
> my Special Needs Daughter. You can go to MINDISMOM.com and find all
> sorts of pages about her. She had Cerebral Palsy and was 26 years old
> when she died. It was really really rough the first 3 or 4 years. After
> 10 years you sort of settle into an acceptance and I now spend my years
> using the special skills she taught me. I can't care for the Special
> Kids anymore though as all the lifting I had done messed up my body and
> I am on disability now.
> I had wanted to have a big special celebration of life for here but knew
> what I wanted would really not work out. I woke today with a heaviness
> in my heart and tears in my eyes. Then I remembered my dream last night.
> A big celebration we had at a restuarant. Lots and lots of people
> there.....including Mindi! So in a way, I HAD my celebration!!!!!!!!
> Please check out her 10 year poem I wrote. In Memory of Mindi,
> MINDISMOM, Frannie
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> IN MEMORY OF MINDI
> <http://mindismom.webbywarehouse.com/july4/2007/Mindi10years.html>
>
Rise up, slowly, Angel.
I cannot let you go.
Just drift softly 'midst the faces,
In sorrow now bent low.
Ease the searing anger,
Born in harsh, unyielding truth
That Death could steal my loved one
From the glowing blush of youth.
Rise up slowly, Angel.
Do not leave me here, alone,
Where the warmth of mortal essence
Lies replaced by cold, hard stone.
Speak to me in breezes
Whispered through the drying leaves,
And caress my brow with raindrops
Filtered by the sheltering trees.
Rise up slowly, Angel,
For I cannot hear the song
Which calls you through the shadows
Into the light beyond.
Wrap me in a downy cape
Of sun****ne, warm with love,
And kiss a tear-stained mother's face
With moonlight from above.
Then, wait for me at sunset,
Beside the lily pond,
And guide me safely homeward
To your world, which lies beyond.
Just spread your arms to take me
In reunion's sweet embrace,
And we shall soar, together,
To a different time and place.
--Diane Robertson
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