Loss - Tracy M. Smith

19 Jul

Last Man Standing

trsmith Blog, family members, God, Hope, Loss, Older People 5 1

My husband and I were in the mall. He was getting his watch fixed. I needed to sit down so I went back into the mall. Suddenly I realized I was talking to myself. Out loud. When I went home, I wrote this poem. Little old lady, sitting all alone, Talking to herself, ’cause she doesn’t have a phone. No one to call, there’s nobody home. One by one they left her, and now they’re all gone. Gone are the…..

27 Mar

No Roses

trsmith Allergies, Blog, Book, Death, family members, God, Heart, Loss, Parenting, Perfume, Rejection, Tragedy 2 1

In “Choosing Life,” I told you that I am allergic to roses. When I heard the song “I Never Promised You A Rose Garden,” I was thrilled. Nothing would be more deadly to me that a rose garden. Bottom line: Never be allergic to something that everybody loves. On the news today, the lead story was a German airliner that crashed into the Alps. The father of one of the young people killed in the crash said to the other…..

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