The poem takes away some of my pain as I realize I'm not the only mother that has been forgotten. I just want to craw into a deep hole and cover up. In March 2022, I was diagnosed with Renal cancer. It's been going on for so long. There's stuff I had and did. I too have a good life but seem to have been dismissed by my children. Once void of all its Autumn hues, The hard part is keeping it to myself. Rare is the poet who lives to old age but does not write about it. I am that woman! "The simple act of caring is heroic.". I might not say I love you as much as I should and I get involved in my own world but I never stop thinking about you because without you their wouldn't be me. His dad was never there for him or cared to have anything to do with him, and that side of the family seems to be the ones that are important. I just found out that Easter, which is in a week, will be spent with their friends, and of course the fact that I'm alone does not mean anything to them. This poem really hit home with me. I have 3 grandchildren who I was very close to until recently when my daughter informed me that she did not want them around me because of my dark depression. Make a cheery phone call to them, saying that you are enjoying life. I feel with the son that ignores me I have done a 180 turn. Do you have a poem on the elderly or eldercare that you've written? My life? But now they have gone, each to his life. Yes, it hurts. I have thought about the fact that I have not heard from my children for a while. I look in the mirror and see Becoming their caretaker later in life can bring up bad memories and uncomfortable feelings. We give them our absolute best so they have full tummies, are well-dressed, entertained, well-schooled, thinking that we can relax and enjoy them and their families as we age. My other son, however, does not talk to me or want me in his life. Copy and paste it, adding a note of your own, into your blog, a Web page, forums, a blog comment, your Facebook account, or anywhere that someone would find this page valuable. They were wonderful people and I don't regret it. I too have been a devoted single mother. I didn't have them so that I had someone to take care of me when I'm old, or keep me company when I'm lonely. Everybody says give him time, but he, too, was just diagnosed with pancreatic cancer. I have tried inviting them for holidays in advance in the past, only to have them back out, so I quit trying. I'll soon be 89 and I still enjoy being with my children more than anyone else. Shame on you children who are not there for their Mothers. immediately replace occasional feelings of resentment, with guilt. " To My Old Age" by Margaret Sidney: Written by an author who was 70 when she wrote it, this poem is a heartfelt tribute to growing old.
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