Tag: old age
member name: HGM Moya Goatley
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July 28, 2006 07:14 PM EDT --
Mimi has had few teeth in her head for many a long year. The dentist visited the home. "If we make you some teeth" she said "will you wear them"? "Don't . . .
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September 05, 2006 04:17 AM EDT --
Like sprightly old folk
Brown-edged leaves still work, lend shade,
Shelter from the sun.
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July 20, 2006 02:29 PM EDT --
Many years ago, as I pushed my baby in her pram I fell to thinking that there must be more to life. Emma was one of those babies who tranquilly slept and didn't need my full attention every waking . . .
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July 27, 2006 07:02 PM EDT --
She worries because
She doesn't know where she lives.
So we stay there - where?
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August 11, 2006 06:34 PM EDT --
I said "Your friends on Gather would love to be able to meet you".
"I'd love to meet them too" she said "I'll be getting my wings soon and I'll go and visit them all". . . .
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September 16, 2006 05:51 AM EDT --
You should visit them,
Your friends who ask after me
And give them my love.
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September 16, 2006 01:02 PM EDT --
Luckily for me
Mimi talks fluent Haiku,
So I speak for her.
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April 26, 2006 04:47 AM EDT --
Today is the day when I go to clear out Mimi's flat and choose those bits and pieces which mean most to her. I shall take them with me when I ferry her from the hospital to her new abode and together . . .
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June 15, 2006 01:21 PM EDT --
"How is she"? I asked
"She's taken a new 'old girl'
Under her warm wing.
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September 16, 2006 06:11 AM EDT --
"How could you complain!
They feed, wash and care for you,
Keep you warm and safe."
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November 12, 2006 05:51 PM EST --
The last time I went to visit Mimi we sat together in the sitting room of the residential home.
"Would you like to go for a ride"?
There was a long pause.
"No" she . . .
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February 18, 2008 06:26 PM EST --
"Oh! I wish" she said,
Laying her head against mine.
I wished for courage.
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September 16, 2006 05:58 AM EDT --
Mimi and I sat
Holding hands, feeling the warmth
Flow between us two.
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May 19, 2006 03:37 PM EDT --
I'd like to have a funeral like that,
Like the one the old man, like Eric had
Where we talked of his life and we all sat
In an atmosphere - not overly sad.
Tasteful it was with music so lovely. . . .
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June 23, 2006 03:07 PM EDT --
Over the hill's brow
And facing the sea, she said
"Let's drive straight ahead.
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September 15, 2006 04:14 PM EDT --
Their work is now done
And so they drift to the earth
Yet they are not dead,
Alive in beauty's recall,
Of unstinting shade and shelter.
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September 16, 2006 06:06 AM EDT --
She is so weary
Yet laughs as she says
"They should just shoot me"
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February 21, 2007 04:56 PM EST --
For those of you who don't know Mimi, she is my husband's 92 year old aunt. Profoundly deaf and though she does have some sight she has just been registered blind. Her . . .
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August 16, 2006 07:25 AM EDT --
I have paused, cogitated and battled with what you may think is uncharacteristic shyness and I have made a decision. If you click on www.amazon.co.uk and then search for Moya Goatley or Basket . . .
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April 04, 2006 07:24 PM EDT --
"Why are you so very old"? asked the child.
"I've lived a long, long time" said her great-grandmother, bending to tighten her boot-straps.
"Will you tell me all about the . . .
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