Jul30

wherever you go, go with all your heart. – confucius

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by day’s end

my three daughters

will be

on three different continents

africa, australia, america (north)

and i

will be

like the moon

quietly

looking over

each of them

with light

and pride.

—

You teach your daughters the diameters of the planets

and wonder when you are done that they do not delight in your company.

– Samuel Johnson

—

image credit: nasa.gov

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  3. This is my favorite by far. As a mom, my heart reaches out to you!
    The picture Is perfect; because it doesn’t matter how far they are, does it?
    My daughter is in the Coast Guard, and I haven’t gotten to see her in 7 months!
    (She’s way on the East Coast. I can’t imagine if she were on a different continent!

    Thanks for sharing. I needed that today. ~Marie :0)

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  16. My only child, there we go he’s 40 and he’s still my child, lives in London. He has a severe deformity of the spine, yet works as a personal trainer. He lives in a rented room and spends most of his days in pain and I can do nothing for him, except send love and healing. So far away………

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  20. I remember a time when my children were in three different states, and I thought that was amazing. You have me beat by a long shot. I love your poem and the picture.

    Now I am the one living on a different continent from my children. It was never part of the plan, but the mother moon image sure does help. 🙂

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