I Miss My Mother

By Annemarie Meyer

My sister Sarah and I were my mother’s hospice care until the end, keeping her in her own home, her own bed as was her biggest wish.

With the help of my college son we did it with no outside help. We are so proud of ourselves, as hard as it was to watch our mother die. It was very rewarding that we could do this as her last wish. We miss her so. The day she passed I came home and wrote this poem.

As tears flow I just can’t seem to imagine life without you I had never  thought of you as old………there was nothing you couldn’t do.

You were always the life of the party the first to come the last to go. How do I pick up the pieces now and go on…I still need my mother.

My empty heart aches for your laugh…your touch…your smile…….what do I do now…I need my mother.

You taught me so much….. how important the love of a family is respect…kindness and money can’t buy love…simple things you would say brings a family together make memories…live laugh love but how do I do that…I still need my mother.

Since you’ve been gone a thousand times I’ve needed you……A thousand times I’ve cried…If love alone could of saved you….you never would of died.

A heart of gold stopped beating…two twinkling eyes finally closed. I knew I was not ready…I still need my mother.

I wonder if you knew how many lives you have touched….how many dreams you made come true.

I wish I had just one more laugh one more time to see you walk thru my door…another smile another story..another hug.

Just one more day…I still need my mother.

Love you mom give dad a hug from all of us.