Hey, Mom, Here’s the latest happy news,<\/p>\n
Andre — your first great-grandchild — is getting married<\/p>\n
he was just 12 when you ran out of time with us.<\/p>\n
The whole world has this Covid-19 to worry about<\/p>\n
but I know what you want to hear:<\/p>\n
the glories and the struggles of your dearest ones.<\/p>\n
<\/p>\n
Your parish is struggling, as are most around the world.<\/p>\n
You and Fr. Tom must be helping behind the scenes<\/p>\n
as Fr. Ratar has been doing more than seems possible<\/p>\n
for two parishes now!\u00a0 \u00a0The priest shortage is showing.<\/p>\n
The younger generation continues to take church — and God — for granted.<\/p>\n
And now the older generation is quarantined at home with the Covid-19 virus.<\/p>\n
<\/p>\n
Your home for those years of building the family is still in the family.<\/p>\n
Your grand-son, Joe, and his kids live there, and recently gave it a fresh coat of paint<\/p>\n
light blue in the front room, 1st paint experience for 21-year-old Joey, and Amanda;<\/p>\n
Lesi, supervising, and paid for by big Joe’s wallet, thickened by overly over time.<\/p>\n
New sweets outside, too; white siding, black trim, greenery under the front window<\/p>\n
Their biggest struggles are employment and money — remind you of the past?<\/p>\n
<\/p>\n
Your sister Rose, and cousin Katie, are still here; 90 yr-old matriarchs of the family<\/p>\n
Your God-son, Rob, has his Mom living with him, and she asks everyone who calls<\/p>\n
to take her home.\u00a0 \u00a0Her boys aren’t willing to let go.\u00a0 They know she wants home<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n to you, and Jesus, and all the rest.<\/p>\n Aunt Katie still drives to the store once a week; babysits a dog for a recovering friend<\/p>\n since she outlived all her beloved pets.\u00a0 She prays a lot, and the world needs it.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n We kids of yours are all doing whatever we can – some great stuff, some rough stuff.<\/p>\n Claudia’s been struggling, feeling unloved in the midst of those who love imperfectly.<\/p>\n John and Dan doing OK.\u00a0 Bill’s been in the hospital twice this year and it’s only June.<\/p>\n He’s fixing the world in ways that make you proud, but it takes so much body and soul.<\/p>\n Jim is getting angry, this Covid-19 virus and world insecurity is hardest on him I think.<\/p>\n Linci’s marching to her own drum- at the front of the protest line- protecting, helping.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n I miss you.\u00a0 \u00a0I look forward to seeing you again, someday.<\/p>\n with Love from your firstborn, and most fortunate daughter.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Hey, Mom, Here’s the latest happy news, Andre — your first great-grandchild — is getting married he was just 12 when you ran out of time with us. The whole world has this Covid-19 to worry about but I know what you want to hear:…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":197,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[11,1136],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-64320","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-half-marathon-poem","category-official-marathon-prompts"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/thepoetrymarathon.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/64320","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/thepoetrymarathon.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/thepoetrymarathon.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thepoetrymarathon.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/197"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thepoetrymarathon.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=64320"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/thepoetrymarathon.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/64320\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":79285,"href":"https:\/\/thepoetrymarathon.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/64320\/revisions\/79285"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/thepoetrymarathon.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=64320"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thepoetrymarathon.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=64320"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thepoetrymarathon.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=64320"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}