Saturday, May 8, 2010

Love to all you beautiful Mothers

Dear Mr. Hallmark,
I am writing to you from heaven, and though it must appear
A rather strange idea, I see everything from here.
I just popped in to visit, your stores to find a card
A card of love for my mother, as this day for her is hard.


There must be some mistake I thought, every card you could imagine
Except I could not find a card, from a child who lives in heaven.
She is still a mother too, no matter where I reside
I had to leave, she understands, but oh the tears she’s cried.
I thought that if I wrote you, that you would come to know
that though I live in heaven now, I still love my mother so.


She talks with me, and dreams with me; we still share laughter too,
Memories our way of speaking now, would you see what you could do?
My mother carries me in her heart, her tears she hides from sight.
She writes poems to honor me, sometimes far into the night
She plants flowers in my garden, there my living memory dwells
She writes to other grieving parents, trying to ease their pain as well.


So you see Mr. Hallmark, though I no longer live on earth
I must find a way, to remind her of her wondrous worth
She needs to be honored, and remembered too
Just as the children of earth will do.


Thank you Mr. Hallmark, I know you’ll do your best
I have done all I can do; to you I’ll leave the rest.
Find a way to tell her, how much she means to me
Until I can do it for myself, when she joins me in eternity.

Wishing each and every one of you strength, peace and love this Mother's Day... as grateful and blessed as we all are, it will never be the same.

xx

7 comments:

Michele said...

I must have looked through every card in 2 different Hallmarks for cards for bereaved moms and... nothing. It was really heartbreaking. They also, between them, only had 1 card for "missing your mom" on mother's day.

Kara's Mom said...

What a beautiful poem. Of course, it brought me to tears on this Mother's Day. It's so hard being a babylost mama every day, that much harder on Mother's Day. thanks.

Kristy said...

Okay, tears are falling, again. :( Happy mothers day, Lea. *hugs*

Andrea said...

Leah,

SO beautiful and so true...this day is so difficult.

xoxo

crystal theresa said...

Happy Mother's Day, Leanna. ((hugs))

Unknown said...

oh leah ..so beautiful ...the day was so difficult for me 2 years down the track ....and whats worse people just expect u to be ok especially since i have had a nother baby since who i adore and love and am so grateful for..but the truth is i gave birth to 4 children and 1 is not here ..i miss him everyday!How do you be a mother to a baby in heaven..I sometimes feel i never do enoough xx

Anonymous said...

So beautiful xx

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