Mom,
I’m participating in this years Poetry Marathon again. I really wish we had been able to do one together. You were the reason I started writing poetry in the first place. “Mandy & Nanny” will always be my favorite.
You were the inspiration for some of my best work last year, as we had just recently lost you. I have a few that I’ve written over the years about you. As we write to feng shui our souls.
So much has happened since you left. 2020 has been insane. Lex ran off to OH and got married. I made her headpiece from part of your dress. 😍
Cas and Jessi just moved to PA. She accepted the invitation to study at Carnegie Mellon. 🥰
We lost David and Ralph, I know y’all are partying up there.🤣
Don’t worry about Daddy. We do Daddy Daughter Days much more often. 😘 We even did a videochat with the girls this past Thursday.😁
We miss you every day.
Love always
💜 Mandy
This is really moving. I can feel the closeness and the losses. I love how you still “do Daddy Daughter Days much more often”. That put a smile on my face.
I am deeply moved by this.
I lost my mother just prior to my first marathon year and felt the entire collection from last year told part of that story. I likewise chose to write to my own mother in a very different way during this hour.
I love the tone of ease; like picking up where you left off which you create in this poem. Like the words came naturally and easily, they speak of connection and togetherness; despite also being full of loss and sorrow.