May 9th……..“GRANDPA, AS GREAT GRANDMA CLARICE GOT OLDER, WAS IT HARD TO KISS AND SAY GOODBYE EACH TIME YOU FLEW BACK HOME”?
POEM – “To Kiss Her Cheek” by N. Elliott Noorlun. This was written in the Spring of 2016, just one year before the Lord took our lovely mother with Him to Heaven in June of 2017. Every year, it got tougher and more emotional for me to leave her apartment with that one last goodbye kiss. Would this be the last time I see her on earth? Only our loving God knew, and in 2017 He called her Home to be with Him.
Elliott gave lots of slobbery kissesTO his mommy, Clarice, in that Summer of 1954.
One more time, To kiss her cheek,
One more time, Her face I seek.
Elliott got lots of “poor little boy” kisses FROM his mommy when he slid down the backing of a sofa at their dear farm neighbors, Charlie and Mabel Heitzeg in the Spring of 1955.
One more time, To hear her voice,
Song to my ear, Of finest choice.
It’s now 2009 and Elliott’s mother, Clarice, is now 90 years “young”.
And now in, Her 97th year,
She thinks of others, What a dear!!!
This cute wall hanging was on the wall at Clarice’s Senior Apartment. She LOVED to quilt for giving blankets to others in need and for family to enjoy.
Though harder now, To even stand,
A new quilt’s created, As she’s planned.
It’s Clarice’s 98th birthday in March of 2017. This would be the last time Elliott came for his mommy kiss because later, in June, his mother was called Home to Heaven. ><> ;-(
When our Heavenly Father, Calls her Home,
Whilst I remain, On this earth to roam,
I’ll ponder moments, Just like this,
When I joyfully came, For one more kiss!!! ><>
Since 2017, Elliott’s mother now rests beside her handsome Norwegian husband, Russell.
I may be only one oat seed in a field of millions, yet I have a story to share of beginnings on our beloved farm in southern Minnesota and beyond to life as I've seen it to this point. Famous? No. Gifted? Unlikely. Yet, I want to leave a legacy to my children and grandchildren of who this gentle Norwegian man was. My happy times, sad times, successes and failures. Someday, those who are tiny now, will have this volume to come to and get to know this Norwegian Farmer's Son.
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Dear Jackie, It’s SO grand to have you stop by and visit my blog!!! Sure do MISS you and our times at school!!! Such a buddy you are!!! I just completed 500 short stories and poems here at my website and hope to promote them to a publisher this August. Say HI to Carrie for me, k? ;o)
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Dear Jackie, It’s SO grand to have you stop by and visit my blog!!! Sure do MISS you and our times at school!!! Such a buddy you are!!! I just completed 500 short stories and poems here at my website and hope to promote them to a publisher this August. Say HI to Carrie for me, k? ;o)
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