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Grateful

My darling, I am eternally grateful to you for:
Being the love of my life
Being my Florence Nightingale
Putting up with me all these years
Bearing and raising our children
Being a wonderful wife, mother and grandmother
Supporting me unconditionally
Inspiring me to be the best that I can be
Giving my life purpose
Being my calming influence
Making our home wonderful
Your creativity and skills
Your brilliance, tolerance and understanding
Forgiving me for my stupidity
Being my best friend
Accepting me for who I am
Always being there for me
Always looking beautiful
Always being a good listener
Accepting my terrible sense of direction
Your calm in the face of any storm
“I don’t know what you saw in me
 but I thank God in heaven for making it be”!

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John Puckett

Date: 11/26/2024 12:56:00 PM

Lovely poem, David. The Lord has recently taken my darling wife to himself. He gave us 60 years and two days of a lovely marriage.

David D'Braunstein
Date: 11/26/2024 1:10:00 PM

I’m sure you have wonderful memories John as do I! My poetry tells our story and I’m able to tell our story to others with my words. God bless you!

Yolanda Nicholsen

Date: 11/26/2024 12:13:00 PM

Such a lovely tribute many blessings

David D'Braunstein
Date: 11/26/2024 12:19:00 PM

Thank you SO much Yolanda! Yes, I was VERY lucky to have had such a wonderful woman in my life for over 58 years!

Silent One

Date: 8/26/2024 4:26:00 AM

This is so beautiful and tender... Lovely emotive words..

David D'Braunstein
Date: 10/2/2024 10:22:00 AM

Thank you SO much for your kind words! JoAnn was the love of my life over 58 years and ascended to Heaven 3 years ago. I miss her deeply and have used my gift of words to write our life story via poetry. That has been comforting to me and my family as I am so grateful for the life we had! She was an amazing, wonderful woman!