deep down just know those we have lost are forever ingrained into our souls! Enjoy your day tomorrow! Oh and write like your life depends on it because deep down it does! Happy Birthday fellow friend poet.
I’m behind in the blogs, so the best I can do is wish you a belated happy birthday.
My grandmother’s birthday was the 20th. Had her only until I turned ten, when she died. Housekeeper, cook, substitute parent, teller of stories from her youth in Ireland and Scotland, and all that while trudging across the field every day to spend time with her stricken son Archie, who’d suffered a stroke when he was forty. She laced her speech with peculiar Ulster idioms. And it was thanks to her and partly in her honor I had myself made a dual citizen with Ireland.
But none of that captures who she was to me. And I imagine it’s the same for you when you go over the facts of the life of lost family member. It’s the little things you remember that help make that person special to you, and yet that still doesn’t quite capture who they are.
So very well written and thought out. Please consider making this a post in your blog. I’ll admit, being of Scottish origin, I’m full of reasons for enjoying this.
Sorry to hear you are feeling down. I hope you feel better on your birthday.
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Thank you for caring
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Happy early birthday, Matt. At least you are still here and that is certainly something to celebrate
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Love this. Thank you
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deep down just know those we have lost are forever ingrained into our souls! Enjoy your day tomorrow! Oh and write like your life depends on it because deep down it does! Happy Birthday fellow friend poet.
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I’d love this comment but WP doesn’t have that option
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I’m guessing it’s hard to celebrate your birth while missing the guy who had a part of it. Sending you peace, friend.
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had much to do with it… thank you for sending peace, it was an incredible birthday
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Happy birthday in advance !!! Sending you love and peace in abundance ❤️❤️❤️
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thank you 🙂
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December birthdays are the best. Happy birthday!
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Hello and thank you. It ended up being one of the best..which was rather terrific.
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are you afraid of getting old?
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No. I generally struggle this time of year
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Okay … I give you my best wishes anyway!
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It’s the struggle that makes us stronger. Be well…in your sadness.🙃 Cheers!
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Interesting
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Blessings sent your way and always remember we are a reflection of the people we have lost 💞
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thank you for this
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💕💕💕
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Hope you do something fun on your birthday…like planet-watching!
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early morning hunting followed by being with my family..being taken for a nice winter drive..and a pub. it was excellent 🙂
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Sounds lovely!
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Happy Birthday!
Hope you are feeling better today ☺️.
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much appreciated, thank you. much better, indeed!
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Thinking of you and hoping you’re moving through it all. A belated Happy (or any other kind of day you felt like having) Birthday.
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very kind of you, thank you. it was a terrific birthday 🙂
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I’m behind in the blogs, so the best I can do is wish you a belated happy birthday.
My grandmother’s birthday was the 20th. Had her only until I turned ten, when she died. Housekeeper, cook, substitute parent, teller of stories from her youth in Ireland and Scotland, and all that while trudging across the field every day to spend time with her stricken son Archie, who’d suffered a stroke when he was forty. She laced her speech with peculiar Ulster idioms. And it was thanks to her and partly in her honor I had myself made a dual citizen with Ireland.
But none of that captures who she was to me. And I imagine it’s the same for you when you go over the facts of the life of lost family member. It’s the little things you remember that help make that person special to you, and yet that still doesn’t quite capture who they are.
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So very well written and thought out. Please consider making this a post in your blog. I’ll admit, being of Scottish origin, I’m full of reasons for enjoying this.
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It’s a thought. I might broaden it a bit to put her in a broader context.
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It’s excellent to read.
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Belated birthday wishes x
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Thank you. God bless
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😊
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Happy Birthday Matt!
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Thanks! 👻
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🙂
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Happy belated birthday xx
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hello and thank you
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Cheer up! Have a wonderful day filled with love and hugs from your loved ones.
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Special days can be extremely hard because they are often tied to bad memories, or good ones that we miss.
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Hmm, seems like you have something to unpack…
I especially like that it seems as though you are curious to know why, and what to link your sadness to…
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OH yes, lots to unpack..but that’s ok. All of this is OK. Cheers and I hope you have the best kind of day!
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Yes, I agree. All of it is okay. Thank you for the best wishes for my day, I do wish you the same. And you’re welcome 🙂
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Many people are suffering these days. It’s pretty sad. We need other people, but we can’t be near them.
But birthdays? They beat the alternative! Push the corners of your mouth up. We can hope for better times to come.
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Thank you, I appreciate the digital support. This small poem was about having lost my father just before my birthday..
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I pray for you to be happy and your father to be happy in heaven. Plz pray for my father, he is also in heaven. (I cried)
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thank you for the prayers. I have prayed for you and your father.
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I thank you too, be happy. I know it’s easy to say but its very hard to be happy.
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