Goodbye and Hello - To Love and Let Go
To my mother, Rachel Hover
on Sunday, November 3, 2002 from Nancy
I'm trying to say I love you with words - and a kiss.
I'm trying to say goodbye, and how much you'll be missed.
I'm trying to write a poem for you, but ending with a list.
I`m trying to paint a picture of how you'll always be.
Alive and well, in my heart, whenever what I see
Reminds me... We loved
Daffodils in the spring
The smell of fresh baked bread
Walking in the woods
Blackberry crisp
Lucky stones
Snowdrops
Word games
Cracking hickory nuts
Violets and trilliums
The Psalms
Making hollyhock dolls
Feeding giraffes - and birds!
The shapes of Sassafras leaves
Swimming the side stroke
Children playing
Dressing "Egyptian" on Halloween
Reading books
Christmas carols
Reading more books!
lilies of the Valley
Being at "home"
Anything hand-made, with love.
The list of loved and lost is long.
But angels sing a welcome song!
I'm sad, and glad, to let you go.
I'll miss the way you said,
"Hello!"