Memories
Musings of my life40 total reviews
Comment from C M. Somerton
I can certainly relate to this poem. The years go by much too quickly. I like how you used the seasons to symbolize each stage of life and how you ended it on a positive note, welcoming the winter stage. Good work.
reply by the author on 27-Jan-2013
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I can certainly relate to this poem. The years go by much too quickly. I like how you used the seasons to symbolize each stage of life and how you ended it on a positive note, welcoming the winter stage. Good work.
Comment Written 26-Jan-2013
reply by the author on 27-Jan-2013
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I am so pleased you enjoyed my poem, thank you so very much for your lovely review and such kind words! :) Sandra
Comment from expressions9
Hi Sandra
This is wonderfully written - a lovely free verse poem full of imagery, reflecting on your life. The rhyming is excellent and I like the colours and matching photo.
Thanks for sharing :)
Christine
reply by the author on 27-Jan-2013
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Hi Sandra
This is wonderfully written - a lovely free verse poem full of imagery, reflecting on your life. The rhyming is excellent and I like the colours and matching photo.
Thanks for sharing :)
Christine
Comment Written 26-Jan-2013
reply by the author on 27-Jan-2013
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Thank you so very much, Christine! I am so pleased you enjoyed it, thank you! xsx Sandra
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You're welcome Sandra :)
Christine
Comment from Phyllis Stewart
Sandra, I love this. It has a lot of meaning for me now that I'm dying from lung disease. I've had a good life, interesting, full, and I can't complain, but I miss the people and places of my youth. Don't we all. :)
reply by the author on 27-Jan-2013
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Sandra, I love this. It has a lot of meaning for me now that I'm dying from lung disease. I've had a good life, interesting, full, and I can't complain, but I miss the people and places of my youth. Don't we all. :)
Comment Written 26-Jan-2013
reply by the author on 27-Jan-2013
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Phyllis, Oh, my very dear friend, I am so sorry. I think you are wonderful to be so positive. I have seen too many of my family die of lung cancer and because of it, I have seen them pass over. Their faces, each one of them, told me they were not frightened or worried as they left me. My husband in particular, when he decided he was ready, he allowed them to take him. I know you read my story last week, someone nice comes. My dad was the same, as was four others of my close family. I am now not afraid. One thing I know now, is I will get to meet you all one day. Thank you for your lovely review, and for the six stars. I am so pleased it helped you. I am off to read your next chapter, so watch out for your 'amazing' review!!!! xsx Sandra
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Thanks, Sandra. I have emphysema and need oxygen to walk outside or clean the house, and must use it to sleep. But the doc says I have a decade, so I'm not going anywhere for a while. It's 'smokers' disease' and I'm not a smoker...just my luck, eh? I have a ton of autoimmune diseases, and that's another way to get this. My mom came back last year from heaven to tell me it's all true. I believe her. :)
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I am so pleased you are going to hang around with us for a long long time!! Need a couple more books out of you, and a few donzen poems, and perhaps a couple of dozen short stories!!
My mum has emphysema, but she can't leave the house without her oxygen. This is one reason I want to sell up here in Spain and go home. She was coping fine until my dad died ago, but after 64 years of marriage being without him knocked her down and she has steadily got worse. Mind you she is well into her 'winter' years, which means she hasn't the strength any more to deal with it. She has a portable machine, which plugs into the car cigarette lighter and my sons take her out when she is up to it. It's a nasty disease, and frightening at times. I believe your mum too. I have seen so many strange and unanswerable things happen, that I just KNOW we go on. Perhaps this is a starting point, living on Earth, of better things to come?
I keep trying to get to your last posting, so I am going now!!! :) Sandra
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You're so nice. Thanks for your thoughtfulness. Sorry to hear about your mum. I lost mine two years ago this month, from a stroke. Much easier way to go. I'm glad she didn't suffer like my dad did. We just never know. You and I could both be hit by a truck tomorrow. Probably not the same truck though. :)
Comment from mystery poet
Yes, I think it is a free verse. For me they are
a little rough around the edges but this piece
flows nicely and I barely though of the lack of
rhyme. Your story was rich with character and I
could well relate. Very lovely and thanks!
reply by the author on 27-Jan-2013
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Yes, I think it is a free verse. For me they are
a little rough around the edges but this piece
flows nicely and I barely though of the lack of
rhyme. Your story was rich with character and I
could well relate. Very lovely and thanks!
Comment Written 26-Jan-2013
reply by the author on 27-Jan-2013
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Thank you so much for your lovely review, and such kind comments!
I know what you mean about 'free verse' I don't write it normaly because my words always want to rhyme! I am so pleased you liked this one though, thank you!:) Sandra
Comment from wordsfromsue
Sandra, I more than here you. I embrace the 'where I am in life' philosphy too. Sometimes though, when I look at my formerly gorgeous hair that would lay just so and knew no gray, what crazy dust mop is this on my head now?? The wrinkles don't bother me too much. Sometimes it rattles me a bit that I'm on the fall/winter side of my life now. I hope I'm funny and not wetting my pants every time I laugh or sneeze. I don't want my last memories of life being that I smelled like a dirty baby nappy. :-) Must do kegels.
I like free verse. It seems more natural to me. And then sometimes I like to tell stories in rhyme, which is probably wrong, but my mind just refuses to follow conventional writing rules. :-)
Your poetry is quite pretty and tells a nice, laid back feeling of a story. Self acceptance is wonderful!
You go girl!
reply by the author on 27-Jan-2013
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Sandra, I more than here you. I embrace the 'where I am in life' philosphy too. Sometimes though, when I look at my formerly gorgeous hair that would lay just so and knew no gray, what crazy dust mop is this on my head now?? The wrinkles don't bother me too much. Sometimes it rattles me a bit that I'm on the fall/winter side of my life now. I hope I'm funny and not wetting my pants every time I laugh or sneeze. I don't want my last memories of life being that I smelled like a dirty baby nappy. :-) Must do kegels.
I like free verse. It seems more natural to me. And then sometimes I like to tell stories in rhyme, which is probably wrong, but my mind just refuses to follow conventional writing rules. :-)
Your poetry is quite pretty and tells a nice, laid back feeling of a story. Self acceptance is wonderful!
You go girl!
Comment Written 26-Jan-2013
reply by the author on 27-Jan-2013
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Sue, you just have to come back and write that story you promised! You write with so much wit, it is sacrilege not sharing it. Thank you so much my dear friend for your wonderful review and for giving me an early morning laugh!!! dirty baby nappy! LOL!!! xsx Sandra. (What are kegels??)
Comment from Pili Pubul
I totally identify with every word you wrote in this excellent poem.
Great style. ( free style ) my favorite due to the freedom. It is truly amazing how fast the years go by. I was born in Spain and live in USA, my children were born in New York and live in Scotland, interesting...
reply by the author on 27-Jan-2013
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I totally identify with every word you wrote in this excellent poem.
Great style. ( free style ) my favorite due to the freedom. It is truly amazing how fast the years go by. I was born in Spain and live in USA, my children were born in New York and live in Scotland, interesting...
Comment Written 26-Jan-2013
reply by the author on 27-Jan-2013
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I am trying to work out what your grandchildren will be!! A Spanish American Scot, do you think???? Goodness me! I live in Spain but will be returing to England sometime this year, I miss seeing my grandchildren. So it is back to the wet and windy cold of England and goodbye to the lazy hazy warm weather of Spain! Am I mad!! Thank you so very much for your lovely review, Pili, I am so pleased you enjoyed it. xsx Sandra
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My grandchildren come two times a year to Florida were I live now, and have two passports, American and Scotttish. I was born in Galicia, not to different from
Scotland,milder temperatura,but lots of rain ,bagpipes, and green mountains and sea, very celtic.I tottaly understand your desire to be with your family.
Comment from dmt1967
Its nice to be like that I look in the mirror as well I see a very young me in a very old body this is a great poem but then I love all your writing as I think you are one of the truest talents on here you and Brooke and October 21 are totally awesome
reply by the author on 27-Jan-2013
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Its nice to be like that I look in the mirror as well I see a very young me in a very old body this is a great poem but then I love all your writing as I think you are one of the truest talents on here you and Brooke and October 21 are totally awesome
Comment Written 26-Jan-2013
reply by the author on 27-Jan-2013
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That is the greatest compliment you could give me, linking my name next to Brooke and October21! Thank you so very much! I am now stuck for words, LOL, thank you for this amazing review, I really am so pleased you enjoyed it! :)
Comment from seewhatimwritingnow
Just call it 'excellent'. Loved this writing and certainly do identify with it- as I'm sure many of your readers will. That part about looking in the mirror and wondering who that is? LOL- I sure know that feeling. Thanks for sharing this well-written and perfectly presented piece. Love it! Betty
reply by the author on 27-Jan-2013
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Just call it 'excellent'. Loved this writing and certainly do identify with it- as I'm sure many of your readers will. That part about looking in the mirror and wondering who that is? LOL- I sure know that feeling. Thanks for sharing this well-written and perfectly presented piece. Love it! Betty
Comment Written 26-Jan-2013
reply by the author on 27-Jan-2013
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Thank you so much, Betty! What a lovely review. I didn't realize just how many FS writers could identify with my words, makes me feel so much better knowing I'm not alone! LOL! Thank you again!! xsx Sandra
Comment from Spitfire
This remind me of what my hubby says when I think about getting a facelift : You worked hard to earn all those wrinkles. Why start over again? Our soul tells us we're young. Wish the body would listen. :-)
reply by the author on 27-Jan-2013
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This remind me of what my hubby says when I think about getting a facelift : You worked hard to earn all those wrinkles. Why start over again? Our soul tells us we're young. Wish the body would listen. :-)
Comment Written 26-Jan-2013
reply by the author on 27-Jan-2013
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I love it!! Each wrinkle has a story to tell, my face can out shine the encyclopedia in length! LOL, Thank you for your lovely and so funny review! xsx Sandra
Comment from Galactia
What a beautiful written poem, reflecting growth from youth to aged and loved how you compared it to autumn. so beautifully written.
well done
Regards
Tia
reply by the author on 27-Jan-2013
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What a beautiful written poem, reflecting growth from youth to aged and loved how you compared it to autumn. so beautifully written.
well done
Regards
Tia
Comment Written 26-Jan-2013
reply by the author on 27-Jan-2013
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Thank you so much for your lovely review, Tia, I am so pleased you enjoyed it!! xsx Sandra