tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3074509503476824621.post129534704499199530..comments2024-01-11T10:08:36.567-05:00Comments on Of Verse, Poesy & Odes : IGWRT's A Word with Laurie Challenge - "Helen"Margarethttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00007201357693227614noreply@blogger.comBlogger9125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3074509503476824621.post-30619186371295290962012-06-12T12:46:03.118-04:002012-06-12T12:46:03.118-04:00Wow this was so vivid and had a young vibe. The re...Wow this was so vivid and had a young vibe. The reduction of our memories seems to entrance selected memories~ Great Write!Ellahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06070952447277684613noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3074509503476824621.post-15108084716322945732012-06-11T08:23:43.710-04:002012-06-11T08:23:43.710-04:00Ohhhhhhhhh.Ohhhhhhhhh.Ginnie Harthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14014434422568561157noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3074509503476824621.post-64869696168200077872012-06-10T17:30:00.308-04:002012-06-10T17:30:00.308-04:00This shouldn't make me cry, but it does. Sadl...This shouldn't make me cry, but it does. Sadly, that really is the only way dementia every gets better.Other Maryhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09189646933597252108noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3074509503476824621.post-82280749142062355032012-06-10T12:02:17.185-04:002012-06-10T12:02:17.185-04:00There were more than several 'Helens' for ...There were more than several 'Helens' for me during the years I cared for my mother ... there was Lori, Eva, Barbara, Nerkis, Shirley, Lois, Bettye, Susie .. and a few Charlies, Bobs and a Robert thrown into the mix ... all so precious. I do have many lovely memories of them. I enjoyed your poem, Margaret.Helenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16619199535376925989noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3074509503476824621.post-41167648282199336722012-06-10T11:21:29.998-04:002012-06-10T11:21:29.998-04:00Sometimes it seems as if the adult person is strip...Sometimes it seems as if the adult person is stripped away, and the child is again revealed, though in a melancholy way because it isn't real. The, for a moment, the adult returns, and that only makes it all more poignant, just like your poem.Fireblossomhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07040525704916368792noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3074509503476824621.post-16678926849642231502012-06-10T11:06:02.348-04:002012-06-10T11:06:02.348-04:00This is a very real and touching poem. I can pictu...This is a very real and touching poem. I can picture Helen. At least in her dementia she seemed to be happy! And, yes, now she is with her mother!Maryhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07366010389846904663noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3074509503476824621.post-35473224296653338852012-06-10T09:53:12.592-04:002012-06-10T09:53:12.592-04:00oh, touching...oh, touching...TexWisGirlhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13641962051044162710noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3074509503476824621.post-63198918912525139222012-06-10T09:12:01.990-04:002012-06-10T09:12:01.990-04:00Isn't it the moments of lucidity which make th...Isn't it the moments of lucidity which make the loss of everything so hard to bear. I loved your description, so vividly based on your own experience..and that dress pattern brings back memories of my own mother sewing. sigh.Kerry O'Connorhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00720862912375945249noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3074509503476824621.post-73942471797033475472012-06-10T07:37:01.988-04:002012-06-10T07:37:01.988-04:00Aww... so sweet and such a good description of dem...Aww... so sweet and such a good description of dementia. I like how you ended it on the positive note that she's finally with her mother. Still a bit sad, though.Laurie Kolphttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07494759781947881343noreply@blogger.com