Dear Mum

I would like to give you something
To make your life complete
I would like to give you sunshine
To place beneath your feet
If I could sing a song for you
In an orchestra so loud
I would sing it up so high
That it could reach a cloud
I wish with every breath I take
That soon will make you well
But every day I'm here for you
For within my heart you dwell
Because you are the sweetest mum
My confidant, my friend



A tribute to my 101 year old mother

Copyright © | Year Posted 2019



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Date: 3/16/2019 1:44:00 AM
One hundred and one. What a wonderful gift to you to still have your mother at this age! Wow! Lovely poem, and I am sure lovely mother. Nice one, Vera.
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Vera Duggan
Date: 3/16/2019 9:34:00 PM
Thank you so much Caren, yes she turns 101 in a few weeks time and yes I am very lucky to still have her, she has had such a charmed life so it is no wonder she is living so long and she looks well, take care.......Vera
Date: 2/8/2019 7:15:00 PM
oh my goodness. 101 years old!!! From the sound of this, she is not feeling well though. I hope she lives a good ten years longer. Such an accomplishment to have lived so long. Wonderful tribute.
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Date: 2/8/2019 11:19:00 PM
Hi Andrea, first of all how are these days, well I hope. Thank you so much for the comment, actually she is feeling quite well, her only problems are she can't her very well and she can't walk, I think she should break a record if she lived another 10 years, if I have her genes then I will be okay, take care my friend........Vera
Date: 2/7/2019 12:07:00 PM
ohh vera, breathtakingly captivating... i hope you could read this homage to your mom...i enjoyed seeing you on my page... been a while, hon!...huggs
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Date: 2/7/2019 9:13:00 PM
Hi Nette, yes it has been a while, my brain is not as active as it once was, the result of getting old, anyway thank you my dear for this lovely comment, yes I did read it to Mum, I think she liked it, she doesn't talk much but I got a great big grin, take care and hugs to you my dear.....Vera
Date: 2/7/2019 11:04:00 AM
What a well written poem and what a lovely tribute to your mother, Vera! Wow 101 !! Hope you are both keeping well. Warm regards // paul
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Vera Duggan
Date: 2/7/2019 9:16:00 PM
Hi Paul thank you for this lovely comment as I said to Nette I did read it to her but all I got was a big grin, she is not really with it as she finds it hard to hear so naturally she doesn't talk much but my brothers and I go and visit here every wednesday, it is like a family get together, yes we are keeping quite well thank you, take care.......Vera
Date: 2/7/2019 4:48:00 AM
Amazing words of love showered on mother. Wish you and her good health and peace ... Keep writing :)
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Vera Duggan
Date: 2/7/2019 9:32:00 PM
Hi Swetha, thank you so much for this lovely comment and for visiting my page, take care.......Vera
Date: 1/25/2019 4:28:00 PM
An amazing dedication, I wish your Mother well..
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Vera Duggan
Date: 1/26/2019 6:26:00 PM
Hi Harry, thank you so much for your lovely comment, mother is well, 101 in a couple of months time, hope you are well, take care.....Vera.....
Date: 1/16/2019 7:07:00 PM
Such a nice tribute to your mom , Vera, you made it flow with perfect rhyme. Thank you for commenting on my poem the picture I used is one of mine, my daughter in-law posed for it. Hugs dear friend.
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Date: 1/16/2019 10:59:00 PM
Thank you so much Eve, I did guess that the picture on your poem was one of yours, you are one of the most talented people I have ever had the pleasure to know, yes Mum turns 101 in May, if I should be so lucky to reach that age, hope you are well, take care my dear friend......Vera
Date: 1/16/2019 4:08:00 PM
oh vera, what a beautifully written tribute to your mother! she's lucky to have made it so long and especially lucky to have you in her life...
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Date: 1/16/2019 6:07:00 PM
ilene my friend, how are you, thank you for reading this tribute to my mum, yes she turns 101 in May, she may not be able to walk and hear properly but she know exactly what is going on around her if I should be so lucky, take care.........Vera
Date: 1/16/2019 3:14:00 AM
- Dear Vera, you are lucky to still have your mother - My mother died only 73 years "old" - A lovely poem for your mother :) - Best wishes for both of you :) - hugs // Anne-Lise :)
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Date: 1/16/2019 6:04:00 PM
Hi Anne-Lise, thank you so much for reading this little poem for my Mum, yes I do consider myself quite lucky to still have my mother, she can't walk and she is quite deaf but she is so alert, she deserved this poem, hope you are well my friend Take care........Vera
Date: 1/15/2019 11:00:00 PM
Wow! Wonderful poem, and 101! So lovely, hugs! xomo
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Date: 1/15/2019 11:36:00 PM
OMG Maureen that was quick, are you sitting on your computer, thank you ever so much, yes 101 if I should be so lucky, hope you are well my friend, take care......Vera
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