no goodbye
no goodbyeno fare the well goodnight baby were the last words you spoke 2021 April PAD Challenge: Write a poem every day of April.Day 30: For today’s prompt, write a goodbye poem Continue reading no goodbye
Tag: Lek Taylor
Stolen Moments
stolen moments caught in time two hearts bathed in universal light filling the world with magic and filling it with delight stolen moments taken in love by the purest light This is one of the few photos we have of my mom (Lek) with my youngest niece (Taylor). She loved her granddaughters more than anything else and cherished the earth they lived on. Continue reading Stolen Moments
#05: “Closer to the Edge”
SONG: “Closer to the Edge” ARTIST: 30 Seconds to Mars What does this song mean to me? Before my mom passed away, just another song my soul connected with. When she was in the hospital, the song I vowed to play every day until she got out. Now that she’s passed away? My way of knowing that she is with me. Her death was a … Continue reading #05: “Closer to the Edge”
Happy Birthday Mama
Happy Birthday Mama. You would have been 67 years awesome today. It seems just like yesterday you were telling me “good night baby” over the phone but the reality is that it will be 6 years in December that you’ve been gone. Six years. I looked at some photographs of you last night and I started to wonder if I am living a life you would be proud of. If I was pursuing my dreams of living in Australia hard enough. Continue reading “Happy Birthday Mama”
Celebrating Lek 2014
December 17, 2009 seems so far way, yet it feels like yesterday. You’ve been gone 5 years now Mama. 5 YEARS! It seems like yesterday and yet also feels like a lifetime ago. Time sometimes seems like it moves like molasses and sometimes it seems like lightning flashing across the sky. There are moments where I forget you’re gone and will pick up the phone … Continue reading Celebrating Lek 2014
30 Day Song Challenge Redux (Day 5): Song that Reminds You of Someone
This song will forever be associated with my mom. When I hear it, I know she’s with me. “Closer to the Edge” by 30 Seconds to Mars. The beginning of this video sums up what the song means to me. It was playing in the car when I arrived at the hospital and I played it on repeat until she left the hospital. Days of … Continue reading 30 Day Song Challenge Redux (Day 5): Song that Reminds You of Someone
Happy Birthday to Lek
I should be asleep, but my brain won’t shut off and I wanted to say HAPPY BIRTHDAY MAMA! It’s almost one and will be past one by the time this posts. I know, I should be asleep, I have work in the morning. I know you’re watching over me right now, slightly shaking your head. I’ll just have to be tired tomorrow. It’ll be worth … Continue reading Happy Birthday to Lek
Celebration of Lek 2013
Not only am I celebrating you Mama, it’s also a full moon tonight, which I find very fitting if I do say so myself. Luna and all her might shining down with you on this glorious day. Simply amazing and a sign of the power you still have in my life. You’ve been gone four years now. It seems like yesterday but it also seems … Continue reading Celebration of Lek 2013
Goodnight Baby
There are words you never forget Like a chorus that plays over and over in your head The sounds of your last breathe Why did this road lead to your death? Life, oh so cruel, to steal us away from you Your last words, “goodnight baby” Forever seared into my ears Stained with my tears Held together by my fears How could I go on … Continue reading Goodnight Baby
Letters to Lek: Happy Birthday Crazy Little Thai Lady
Crazy Little Thai Lady was my mom’s nickname. Who gave it to her, no idea. She wasn’t knife wielding crazy or any of that sort. She was more of a 110 degree heat, pushing a lawn mower around 4 acres of land, crazy. There was nothing she couldn’t do and you couldn’t tell her “no, it’s impossible.” I guess that’s where I get my stubborn, … Continue reading Letters to Lek: Happy Birthday Crazy Little Thai Lady