rock-a-bye moon
the stars have run out
of wishes…the fat lady
sang her song, but no one
was listening…the fiddler
had played them to sleep
and a thousand suns faded to black
~kat
It was one on those days. My phone ringing off the hook. Hours talking family members through stuff. I must’ve hung out my “Mom is in” sign in the clouds. It is rare that I get an actual phone call. These days the preferred mode of communication is text. It’s lovely to be needed. Years after they have grown and started lives and families of their own, a simple phone call is a wonderful thing…a voice…not text shorthand and emojis on a screen. Needless to say I launched immediately into mom mode. It’s the little things, isn’t it?
I tend to lean toward chronicling the times we’re living in through poetry, and my writing. That’s why glimmers have become an important detour for me. Today, it was o phone call. And of course Gabby too. She keeps me from going over the edge.
like mercury colliding... 
August 7th, 2025 at 9:16 am
There will always be a need for Mom time, no matter how old they are!
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August 7th, 2025 at 9:24 pm
…of which I am so grateful. One never stops being a mom either! 🥰
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August 7th, 2025 at 11:53 am
Gabby is so cute!
Sadly my Mum couldn’t recognise my voice if I rang her and would become very distressed, so I stuck with my letters, twice a week towards the end of her life. She always knew who they were from as soon as they hit the mat. She’d read them multiple times, and the one she was reading when we visited her last before she went into the home was dated two years before, but was still ‘news’ to her.
We don’t get mail, unless bills or circulars and we don’t get phone calls unless from estate agents to arrange viewings or give us the bad news on why the latest didn’t want to buy. It’s quite a quiet life actually!
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August 7th, 2025 at 6:53 pm
Quiet sounds lovely. We are all very busy here. Moving from the city to the countryside has toned things down a bit though. I am enjoying it immensely. ✨💚✨
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August 7th, 2025 at 6:58 pm
Oh it’s so good to see a “magnetic poetry” poem! Glad you’re not going over the edge today! It’s tempting…but I’m resisting so far, haha!
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August 7th, 2025 at 9:26 pm
Today was a good day Rene! Blessing to you! May your burdens and your heart be light! ✨💚✨
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August 7th, 2025 at 10:00 pm
Thank you!
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