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April 2005

Special cards


for special people


at special times in life.


For My Grandma

  • Easter
  • Mother's Day
  • Birthday
  • Christmas
  • A Tribute

To My Friends
Thanking my best friends who were there for me when my Dad died

To Julie-Ann
My god-daughter becomes a new mom


Friends at Christmas
A Christmas message to my friends far away


To Aunt Helen
My Aunt Helen turns 90


To Nalyssa
On her first birthday

Our Own Moon

This was a request from a special someone to a special someone just for Valentine's Day. It reflects the unique sentiments of someone who has not been in a relationship for decades of a long time and wanted to express those fantastic romantic feelings to their partner.

To Nathen

At 21 years old, Nathen was working for a logging company as a *spider monkey. As he readied himself to go to another tree, he fell 125ft onto the limbs he had just bucked and then slid headfirst into the base of the tree. Today, he wants to fly helicopters and keep on enjoying life.

(Spider monkey: climbing to the tops of trees while bucking the limbs off, then using a rope to swing to another tree).

To Beau

At 17 years old, Beau was cooking with oil in a frying pan and it got too hot and started a fire. He made the mistake of trying to take the fire outside and ended up spilling it on his hands and bare feet. Today, he's taking carpentry and joinery at college, keeps lovebirds, and still smiles all the time.

 


Our Own Moon (Feb 05)

Love gave us a moon

And lit the sky with sunrise colour

It rapt us in a gala wind

And swept us into glory 

Enchantment keeps the world away

Enamour fills our passions

As we joyfully unravel

All our senses for romancing 

We lark upon our moon

Amidst a carousel of kisses

With nothing more to guide us

Than the depth of iris wonder 

I’m staid in time abandon

With my thoughts escaping freely

As you cause my heart to echo

With the wishes of your whispers 

A long-forgotten beauty

Seeks your tenor and caresses

In the days you can’t be near me

I luxuriate in memories 

It could be that I’ve known you

Every day of every lifetime

That you cause my soul to blossom

In a cosmic bougainvillea 

Love gave us a moon

It knew our hearts and where to take them

There’s nothing more I cherish

Than the love that we romance in.


Happy Easter Grandma (Mar 02)

   

When flowers bloom in the sweet spring air

Bouquets of life are everywhere…

And though we might be miles away

Our love is there with you today.

 


Happy Mother's Day, Grandma (May 02)

In all the world

What means so much

Is in my heart

The place you touch...

You share your life

In special ways

My fondest memories

Are those days...

And now it’s time to celebrate

With pretty flowers and little cakes

So give yourself a hug for me

I’ll see you soon, most definitely.  

 


To Grandma

From the top of Mt Washington (Jul 02)

 

 

 

Where ever we go or how high

You’re always right there with us.

 


To Grandma at Christmas (Dec 03)

There's nothing so bright

As your smile at Christmas.

It brings its own gift

Of love and good wishes

Surrounding us with sweet hugs and kisses.

Tyler, Grandma, Me (Jul 02)


Happy Easter, Grandma (Apr 03)

As spring sneaks past

The dewy damp ground

We talk and tea

With friends around.

So much in life

Is here to be found

And shared

As we talk and tea


 

Happy Mother's Day, Grandma (May 03)

 

This Mother's Day brings

A sunlit smile

Along with thoughts of you.

We're happy to share

This sentiment

You see us that way, too.

 


Happy Birthday, Grandma (Jun 03)

 

In all the days since we were born

The sun and moon and stars

Have lavished light across the sky

And on this world of ours.

Yet in this world another light

Shines brighter than the sky

From deep in hearts, it reaches far

The love we live life by.

And then in very special ways

We share this love with you

In rose-kissed smiles upon your face

And "Happy Birthdays", too.


To My Friends (Aug 01)

Thank you for the kindest words
A daughter ever had
In keeping at her father's side
When life had turned so bad.


I prayed for strength in all that's good
For love to comfort things
When in the mist my heart did see
The precious friend love brings.


 

To Nathen (Aug 03)

From skateboards and video

To logging trucks and trees

The journey of a young man

Is a gallant one with creed.

 

In universal measure

You have shown the world indeed

That the precious life around us

Is all the love we need.


To Beau (Sep 03)

In all the wonder of the world

Someone makes it full.

In all the things we can believe

Someone makes it true.

 

In all the love that we can share

Someone will allow.

That someone is in all of us

But some of us know how.


To Julie-Ann (Oct 03)

She's just newly born

Already

The world stops in wonder

 

Her light is her charm

Just a look

One can only adore her

 

It's joyful to see

Such a love

Like mother, like daughter.


Nalyssa's 1st birthday (Oct 04)

 

The first year shows especially
How well you trained your family

You can be proud...

SO CELEBRATE

With your first candle on the cake


Friends at Christmas (Dec 03)

Nothing takes more

Than missing

And nothing gives more

Than being together

In hearts and minds

At Christmas

And all times.


To Aunt Helen (Aug 04)

Today we gather hearts and minds
To celebrate a special time
For ninety of a century
You've made a lot of history

Since more than thirty thousand nights
You said your prayers, turned out the lights
And when the dawn brought days anew
You set your love to shining through

You started as a little girl
To earn your place beside the pearls
Of faith and hope and charity
A light to guide your family

And every day you sing the song
About the Lord to keep you strong
You mend the frazzled seams of life
And count your blessings left and right

You welcome friends with time and tea
And set to hosting joyfully
So much to hear and lots to say
About our travels yesterday

Today you have the world you know
The trees, the seas of peridot
To celebrate with kin galore
To ninety years and many more.

 

 

 

 

 

 


A Tribute to My Grandma (Jan 04)

You gave me a special gift

That no one else could give

You gave it quite so naturally

It's in the way you live.

You never judge or contradict

The choices in my life

You love me through degrees I go

In joyfulness and strife. 

That truly is where love resides

Is what I've learned…and now

The way that you accepted me

It honors me somehow.

Another thing I noticed

In something that we share

The nature of a lady

Lends a spirit to the air.

The more I see the truth in life

And love that never ends

The more I want the world to know

You're one of my best friends.

I want to tell you also

In simple words and true

I'm glad you are my grandma

And I know you love me, too.

Marion Craig Landers (nee Hunter)

June 2, 1913 - January 21, 2004

 

 

 

 


Just for you, Grandma

 

I went to find a flower

With a comforting air

Strong, yet exquisite

The jasmine was there.

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The world can give me sounds of spring
And summer's hazy air
When autumn comes, it's time to sing
Let winter's voice be there

 


©Diane E Babcock

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