"IN MEMORY OF MOTHER"

<body topmargin=0 leftmargin=0 marginheight=0 marginwidth=0> <table cellpadding=0 cellspacing=0 border=0><tr> <td valign="top" rowspan="2" width=215 BGCOLOR="#999999" TEXT="#080000" background="0440eb82ermwup.jpg"> <bR> <bR> <div> SOUND CONTROL</div> <div>  <embed src="HTMLobj-123/Just_as.mid" autostart="false" width="145" height="70">  </div> <div> ''JUST AS I AM''</div> <bR> <div> <A HREF="index.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="POEMS OF HOLIDAY SEASONS"><B>BACK TO HOME</B></A></div> <bR> <div> <A HREF="guestbook.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="guestbook"><B>VISIT MY GUESTBOOK</B></A></div> <bR> <bR> </td> <td valign="top" colspan=2 height=95 style=" border-bottom: 1px solid #000000;" BGCOLOR="#999999" TEXT="#080000" background="043b85f1ermwup.jpg"> <div> <B>POEMS OF THE HOLIDAY SEASONS</B></div> <div> <B>"FOOD FOR THOUGHT"  A MOTHER'S  DAY  POEM</B></div> <div> </div> </td> </tr><tr> <td valign="top" height=385 width="100%" colspan=2 BGCOLOR="#FFFFFF" TEXT="#080000"> <div> <I>"IN MEMORY OF MOTHER"</I></div> <div> * * * *</div> <div> When you view the twinkling stars </div> <div> within the darken skies, </div> <div> you see the soft reflections there </div> <div> like  shown in mother's eyes. </div> <div> Always with a gleaming glow </div> <div> that smiled upon her face; </div> <div> and everyone adored her so... </div> <div> with love and warm embrace. </div> <div> * * * *</div> <div> And mother had a zeal for life </div> <div> without some selfish greed; </div> <div> she eased the pain of other's plight </div> <div> by serving those in need. </div> <div> And she would never let them down, </div> <div> by faith and serving God, </div> <div> For she and He were closely bound, </div> <div> as "peas are in a pod!" </div> <div> * * * *</div> <div> So herein lies the facts I feel, </div> <div> that warm me through and through,</div> <div> for all the strength she came to yield </div> <div> was courage, brave and true. </div> <div> * * * *</div> <div> For the illness that befell her </div> <div> in latter days gone by, </div> <div> purely  bore her faith and trust </div> <div> in mighty God on high. </div> <div> The emptyness within  me, </div> <div> I'm bound to understand... </div> <div> that everything is meant to be, </div> <div> and ends in God's own hands. </div> <div> And How I love and miss my mom, </div> <div> now free from ill and pain, </div> <div> and someday in the great beyond</div> <div> I'll be with her again! </div> <div> * * * *</div> <div> By William E. Hardison  (c)</div> <bR> <div> <B>  <div align="center"> <div style="padding:0px; border:1px solid #999999; width:235px; margin: 0px;background-color:#F2F4FA;"> <form action="http://pub2.bravenet.com/elist/add.php" method="post" style="margin:0px;"> <div style="background-color:#DBE0F5;padding:3px;font:12px arial;color:black;"><b>Join the Mailing List</b></div> <div style="margin:10px; font: 11px arial; color: black; text-align:right;"> <div style="margin-bottom:5px;">Enter your name and email address below:</div> Name: <input type="text" name="ename" size="25" maxlength="60" /><br> Email: <input type="text" name="emailaddress" size="25" maxlength="100" /><br> <input type="radio" name="action" value="join" checked style="border: 0px;"/>Subscribe  <input type="radio" name="action" value="leave" style="border: 0px;" />Unsubscribe  <input type="hidden" name="usernum" style="border: 0px solid black; height: 0px; width: 0px;" value="126720699" /><input type="hidden" name="cpv" style="border: 0px solid black; height: 0px; width: 0px;" value="1" /> <input type="submit" name="submit" value="GO" /></div> <div align="center" style="margin-bottom:5px;"><a title="Free Mailing Lists from Bravenet.com" href="http://www.bravenet.com"><img src="http://assets.bravenet.com/cp/bn-elist.gif" alt="Free Mailing Lists from Bravenet.com" border="0"></a></div></form> </div></div>   </B></div> <bR> <div> <A HREF="easter_a_time_to_reckon.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="EASTER, A TIME TO RECKON"><B>NEXT POEM</B></A></div> <bR> </td> </tr></table></body>