by HGM Moya Goatley
Member since:
February 16, 2006

Tell them that...(Mimi's Tanka)

February 20, 2007 03:58 AM EST
views: 14 | rating: 10/10 (6 votes) | comments: 10

    My slates are slipping

                                                                      Yet they are still clinging on

                                                        So I'll send my love

                                                  To the many Gather friends

                                                 Who think of and pray for me.

 

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Comments: 10

Anne G. Feb 20, 2007, 7:01am EST
Sweet sincerity!
Jim Ross Feb 20, 2007, 7:18am EST
Thanks for posting Mimi's tanka, Moya.

Loved your tanka, Mimi . . . and you ARE thought of. Fond wishes dear one.
mona d. Feb 20, 2007, 9:05am EST
and we return that love and continue the thoughts and prayers.
Anne Marie A. Feb 20, 2007, 10:09am EST
Tell Mimi Hi for me!
HGM Moya Goatley Feb 20, 2007, 10:18am EST
Thank you everyone. She loves to hear about you all. Moya
Patricia G. Feb 21, 2007, 5:08pm EST
Precious!
Tonia, who hugs trees G. Feb 22, 2007, 11:48am EST
Wonderful, Moya. Mimi is a gem, and I am so glad that the world of Gather reaches out to include her in its embrace.
David P. Feb 26, 2007, 9:03am EST
That's the way it in this quick stoll: our life.
One day our slip is clinging, and we are slated for an outing.
The next our slates are slipping but their still clinging on.
Things are prone to get jumbled from the moment we start the stroll,
But that which makes you you, your self, your soul,
delightful Mimi remains intact always.
I just met you, and already deeply I care for you.
Thanks for sending your love; felt it the moment I read of it.
I'd like in the next tile (slate) below to remind you of a prayer from the Anglican Church tradition.
David P. Feb 26, 2007, 9:57am EST
Mimi, and we all us come upon the unbidden changes. Sometimes at the prayer office of Compline we pray:
Be present, O merciful God, and protect us through the hours of this night, so that we who are wearied by the changes and chances of this life may rest in your eternal changelessness...Amen.
HGM Moya Goatley Feb 26, 2007, 10:14am EST
Patricia, Tonia, thank you. I'll pass all your thoughts onto Mimi. David, I loved your poem to Mimi. Sadly it would be impossible to convey it to Mimi but I shall certainly convey the thoughts. Her Mimi-ness is indeed intact. Your prayer brought tears to my eyes. The world will be a poorer place when she goes. Thanks you for your prayers and God Bless you. Moya

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