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Time Visit my father Quality time together Positive effect A fresh bouquet of flowers and a good hug for the health Fact, he'll die here - and he knows A day at the nursing home 04/03/2019 Sun :) - A-L Andresen :) Copyright © All Rights Reserved (howmanysyllables.com) Syllables : 5-7-5-7-7-7-7

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Bette Bavington

Date: 3/9/2019 6:40:00 PM

My mom has Alzheimer's and even though she doesn't know me I still go to see her. I take her a cup of coffee and a blueberry muffin. Her favorite. My dad I call every two days. Then I go to see as often as I can. When I am visiting we do puzzles, watch movies, and read books. I love spending time with them. Great poem brings out happy memories with my mom and dad. I hope my eleven children will come to visit wherever I am.

Anne-Lise Andresen
Date: 3/10/2019 2:52:00 PM

- I was totally speechless ... 11 children, Bette :) (?) ... - (I have one "child") - Alzheimer's is a cruel disease, happy you are doing nice things together both with your mother and your father :) - My mother died almost eight years ago, miss her every day :) - hugs // Anne-Lise :)

Phyllis Babcock

Date: 3/8/2019 9:15:00 PM

Time and age. For some it is the best place to finish life for others not. love phyl

Anne-Lise Andresen
Date: 3/9/2019 11:58:00 AM

- I greatly appreciate your visit and lovely comment, many thanks my friend Phyllis :) - hugs // Anne-Lise :)

Sara Kendrick

Date: 3/7/2019 9:28:00 AM

Sad one. Sometimes the choice is theirs though. My parents wanted to go there. Dad lived 10 years and mom 12. They continued to go out and do things out of the home for a very long time before mom got so bad off. Thanks for the visit to my page. Sara

Anne-Lise Andresen
Date: 3/7/2019 11:39:00 AM

- My father can't do anything alone - he never goes out - Only if I bring him :) - Many thanks Sara, for your visit and comment :) - hugs // Anne-Lise :)

Nette Onclaud

Date: 3/6/2019 1:59:00 PM

such a profound write, anne, so much better than mine which is 57777777... i wish your father well!...happy huggs

Anne-Lise Andresen
Date: 3/7/2019 5:07:00 AM

- Thank you for good wishes to my father, Nette :) - hugs // Anne-Lise :)

Harry Horsman

Date: 3/5/2019 3:44:00 PM

Wow Ann-lise, fact of life, yet your poem still brings out the emotion of the situation...

Anne-Lise Andresen
Date: 3/7/2019 5:06:00 AM

- The hard facts mixed with love, Harry :) - Many thanks for your comment :) - hugs // Anne-Lise :)

Jennifer Proxenos

Date: 3/5/2019 12:56:00 PM

From the moment we are born soul sister we die a little day by day, for that day can never be retrieved! Life is short , we must be kind to the old, for we will get there one day - all too soon old age is upon us, our winter years. A lovely poem dear friend - Poetry hugs, Jennifer

Anne-Lise Andresen
Date: 3/7/2019 5:04:00 AM

- A friendly visit can mean so much, Jennifer :) - Many thanks for your comment :) - hugs // Anne-Lise :)

Arturo Michael

Date: 3/5/2019 4:41:00 AM

It's not easy...I wish and I wish and I wish...the passing out of life would be more pleasurable...

Anne-Lise Andresen
Date: 3/5/2019 4:53:00 AM

- Hard to be born ... and even harder to die, Arturo - Thanks for visiting and comment :) - hugs // Anne-Lise :)

Caren Krutsinger

Date: 3/5/2019 4:15:00 AM

You have taken on a challenge and surpassed it by writing of something many do not dare write about. It reminds me of my last visit with my father, and it makes me smile, Anne-Lise.

Anne-Lise Andresen
Date: 3/5/2019 4:50:00 AM

- A smile ... means you have good memories, Caren :) - Thanks for visiting and comment :) - hugs // Anne-Lise :)

M. L. Kiser

Date: 3/4/2019 6:45:00 PM

It's always so hard but, sometimes, there is no other choice. Well penned.

Anne-Lise Andresen
Date: 3/5/2019 3:51:00 AM

- My father couldn't live at home ... there was no other option, M.L. - Thanks for visiting and comment :) - hugs // Anne-Lise :)

Ilene Bauer

Date: 3/4/2019 5:12:00 PM

it's wonderful that you visit your dad regularly, anne-lise. i enjoyed your poem about it. it has to be lonely for the people in those homes who don't get visitors...

Anne-Lise Andresen
Date: 3/5/2019 3:49:00 AM

- Very lonely, Ilene ... nobody has time to talk ... a sad life ... the end of life ... (along with tv or your window) - Thanks for visiting and comment :) - hugs // Anne-Lise :)

Andrea Dietrich

Date: 3/4/2019 3:39:00 PM

It's so nice to visit the elderly. I bet many of them really look forward to it.

Anne-Lise Andresen
Date: 3/4/2019 3:44:00 PM

- It is often the only thing they have to look forward to, Andrea :) - Thanks for visiting and comment :) - hugs // Anne-Lise :)

Vijay Pandit

Date: 3/4/2019 2:47:00 PM

I think you aced the challenge--well done, Anne-Lise.

Anne-Lise Andresen
Date: 3/4/2019 3:48:00 PM

- Thank you very much, Vijay :) - hugs // Anne-Lise :)

Demetrios Trifiatis

Date: 3/4/2019 1:53:00 PM

I know this writing is not a fiction but a wonderful human fact which makes the poem amazingly beautiful! You, my dearest Anne-Lise , are one of the few children that spend time with her father! God bless you! A fav for me! Good luck ! Hugsxxx

Anne-Lise Andresen
Date: 3/4/2019 2:01:00 PM

- Yes, this is "my father's day" ... I try to give him a special quality time, my friend :) - Many thanks for the lovely comment and especially thank you for your "fav" :) - hugs // Anne-Lise :)

Tom Cunningham

Date: 3/4/2019 1:40:00 PM

Well written Sunshine , looks a tricky form but you've done it well. Tom.

Anne-Lise Andresen
Date: 3/4/2019 1:43:00 PM

- I hope I've done it right ... but aren't sure - Many thanks, Tom :) - hugs // Anne-Lise :)