Mindy Says:

If I could give my mom the world
Or anything she wanted,
I’d give her my own heart and soul
And leave my own heart haunted.
I’d take upon myself her life
With all its strife and pain,
And let her ease into some space
Where she could live again.

The pain for me would not be pain,
At least not for a while;
For I’d be doing it for her,
And I would see her smile.

I wish that I could take her heart
And cleanse it with my tears,
And make her sorrow go away,
And answer all her fears.

I wish, I wish, but then I can’t,
As I watch helplessly,
And take her in my arms and say
I wish that it were me.

But loving is a hard, hard way,
With all the pain it brings.
And yet there is no other way
To touch the heart of things.

Geo Sep 25th 2007 05:06 pm Love, Geo 9 Comments Trackback URI Comments RSS

9 Responses to “Mindy Says:”

  1. Geoon 25 Sep 2007 at 5:08 pm link comment

    Mindy
    Our hearts and thoughts are with all of you!
    Our hugs are an embrace tonight!

    Peace
    Geo & Bonnie

  2. Bruceon 25 Sep 2007 at 7:31 pm link comment

    That’s beautiful, Mindy!

    You all are the salt of the earth! You have made my life taste much better! Whenever I think of you all, my heart settles into a deeper peace. May Father show you extra kindness tonight, and always!

  3. dougon 25 Sep 2007 at 8:41 pm link comment

    Sweet mindy: Your mother truely is blessed with angels at her side…

  4. Danon 25 Sep 2007 at 8:54 pm link comment

    Mindy God’s love and peace is truly flowing from your heart and may it bring comfort to your mothers heart.
    Love in Christ Dan

  5. SARAHon 25 Sep 2007 at 9:33 pm link comment

    Beautiful Mindy, I love you all very much and just know that I’m always there if needed.

  6. mindyon 26 Sep 2007 at 12:01 am link comment

    ALL of us sincerely appreciate your love and support and we are blessed just knowing that you are there.

  7. Steveon 26 Sep 2007 at 1:36 pm link comment

    Mindy, your Mom and Dad are blessed to have a daughter like you. I know that your heart expresses everything that this poem says and I pray that an enormous amount of new strength and healing flow from it.

  8. Bruceon 27 Sep 2007 at 3:16 pm link comment

    Isn’t it ironic, Mindy… you wanted to give your mom the world, but instead she gave it to you! That is the mark of true love. That is the revelation of “Christ in us”.

  9. mindyon 28 Sep 2007 at 10:21 pm link comment

    Bruce, so true. She did give me the world and I promise to carry it forward for as long as I can. This message of Grace is what is guiding me and I am so blessed right now.
    And to all of my Dad’s grace buddies, I know you realize this already, but you mean soo much to him and I can’t thank you enough for keeping him in your thoughts. Your unconditional love and support is helping him through this. I know you wish you could be with him, but he truly does FEEL your love guiding him.
    Thank you so much.
    I love you all very much.

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