April 11, 2019
My bucket list
for most of my life
was to be the best mother
and nurse I could be.
.
I can’t remember when,
but I remember the words,
of my daughter,
not too many years ago
spoke up about
carrying on with family traditions.
.
She spoke up
very matter of fact and clearly:
“The only traditions in our family
was that Mother worked.
.
That festered in my mind.
There is no way to go back,
to create the family memories
she didn’t have, but missed.
.
As I will write about my bucket list
from this day on,
the two things on my bucket list
as I got older … like fifty,
were to see Paris and the Eiffel Tower
and
Holland at tulip time.
.
There will be in the future
a few for me
with old friends
here in Maine …
maybe the family’ll join me
for some of them.
.
I have also forsaken
those treasured friends
from far away places.
… they are important to me
to see once again.
We’ll talk thru the day
and into the night.
.
My bucket list
for the rest of my life
is to be the best mother,
to my daughter and son,,
and grand-mother,
and to create memories
of “I remember when
my Mother and I …”
A note 7/22/2022 … Alas, my heart is broken, Stacey died last August 10,2021,’
she being the one who got me thinking about this bucket list. RIP, darling daughter,
as I continue on trying my best to share memories of you as I create new memories
in your honor.
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