I read this every week.........Love to all, Lesan [See: also, Comments from Thursday January 15]
BLESSED ARE THOSE WHO UNDERSTAND MY SLOW STEPS AND MY SHAKING HANDS....
BLESSED ARE THOSE WHO NOTICE THAT MY EARS HAVE TO STRAIN TO HEAR WHAT THEY ARE SAYING.....
BLESSED ARE THOSE WHO PERCEIVE THAT MY EYES ARE CLOUDED AND MY REACTIONS ARE SLOW...
BLESSED ARE THOSE WHO LOOK THE OTHER WAY WHEN I DRIBBLE AT THE TABLE....
BLESSED BE THOSE WHO PLEASE ME WITH A SMILE, GIVING ME TIME TO TALK ABOUT THINGS OF NO IMPORTANCE...
BLESSED BE THOSE WHO KNOW HOW TO TALK ABOUT WHAT HAPPENED IN THE PAST...
BLESSED ARE THOSE WHO MAKE ME FEEL THAT I'M LOVED AND NOT ABANDONED....
BLESSED BE THOSE WHO UNDERSTAND HOW HARD IT IS FOR ME TO CARRY MY CROSS...
BLESSED ARE THOSE WHO HELP ME MAKE THIS FINAL JOURNEY, TREATING ME WITH LOVE AND TENDER CARE...
January 17, 2009
Saturday, January 17, 2009
Thursday, January 15, 2009
What Parents When Old, Want From Their Children [and Grandchildren] …
Retrieved by Alicia Geades
When you were small, a helpless kid, Just imagine what parents did, From feeding to keeping you clean –A routine that had always been!
And now when parents are quite aged, They feel like birds both that are caged; Just give them half the love they gave; Don’t lose your temper / misbehave!
When you were small and could not bathe, Mom bathed you with towel to swathe, And wiped you dry and combed your hair, All your mischief, she had to bear!
When parents are now pretty old, Or have a fever, catch a cold, Should not the children care for them, And treat them for each new problem?
When you were just a little child, And parents scolded you so mild, To show you what was wrong and right, And chalk a future that was bright!
And now when parents have gone weak, To walk, your assistance, they seek, Oblige them with a heart all glad: Old age is less happy, much sad!
When you were craving for good food, Your mother cooked it as she should, And heaved a sigh of great relief, When you’d slept, in disbelief!
And now, when parents ask something, Be kind and courteously do bring, They cannot buy whatev’r they feel; They cannot run or walk or kneel!
When you’d joined school for the first time, And could not say even a rhyme, Your mom had taught you how to write, And sang a ‘lullaby’ at night!
When you were children very small, And appeared each, a tiny doll, Your parents helped to dress you up, And without spilling, drink from cup!
When parents elderly now need, A blanket when it’s cold indeed, Should children not offer the same, Avoiding saying words of shame?
As children, you knew not to talk, And parents taught you how to walk, And told you stories, sang you songs, Correcting you in all your wrongs!
Now old-aged parents, need your love, And not the warmth of any stove!
You turned a man, woman o’er years, While parents wiped away your tears, And found a partner good for life, Ensuring days, devoid of strife.
Yes, children, you cannot returnThe love what parents’ hearts did burn; Thank God for giving such great souls, Who led you to heavenly goals.
The least that aged parents ask, Is see their children do God’s task, And live in harmony with allRelatives, neighbors, till Lord’s call! So, do your duty to parentsIn ripe old age in ways you can, And get their blessings on kindred, That stays generations hundred!
Attend on parents in good cheer; Be kind to them and always near; Not all offspring get this chance rare, To have parents old-aged, to care!
Copyright by Dr John Celes 5-12-2008
When you were small, a helpless kid, Just imagine what parents did, From feeding to keeping you clean –A routine that had always been!
And now when parents are quite aged, They feel like birds both that are caged; Just give them half the love they gave; Don’t lose your temper / misbehave!
When you were small and could not bathe, Mom bathed you with towel to swathe, And wiped you dry and combed your hair, All your mischief, she had to bear!
When parents are now pretty old, Or have a fever, catch a cold, Should not the children care for them, And treat them for each new problem?
When you were just a little child, And parents scolded you so mild, To show you what was wrong and right, And chalk a future that was bright!
And now when parents have gone weak, To walk, your assistance, they seek, Oblige them with a heart all glad: Old age is less happy, much sad!
When you were craving for good food, Your mother cooked it as she should, And heaved a sigh of great relief, When you’d slept, in disbelief!
And now, when parents ask something, Be kind and courteously do bring, They cannot buy whatev’r they feel; They cannot run or walk or kneel!
When you’d joined school for the first time, And could not say even a rhyme, Your mom had taught you how to write, And sang a ‘lullaby’ at night!
When you were children very small, And appeared each, a tiny doll, Your parents helped to dress you up, And without spilling, drink from cup!
When parents elderly now need, A blanket when it’s cold indeed, Should children not offer the same, Avoiding saying words of shame?
As children, you knew not to talk, And parents taught you how to walk, And told you stories, sang you songs, Correcting you in all your wrongs!
Now old-aged parents, need your love, And not the warmth of any stove!
You turned a man, woman o’er years, While parents wiped away your tears, And found a partner good for life, Ensuring days, devoid of strife.
Yes, children, you cannot returnThe love what parents’ hearts did burn; Thank God for giving such great souls, Who led you to heavenly goals.
The least that aged parents ask, Is see their children do God’s task, And live in harmony with allRelatives, neighbors, till Lord’s call! So, do your duty to parentsIn ripe old age in ways you can, And get their blessings on kindred, That stays generations hundred!
Attend on parents in good cheer; Be kind to them and always near; Not all offspring get this chance rare, To have parents old-aged, to care!
Copyright by Dr John Celes 5-12-2008
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