A mother I think so much of, / a friend I truly need / Sometimes I may seem horrid, / but it’s only teenage creed Mum, I love you so much…
This is a poem my daughter Roslyn wrote me when she was aged 13. We had all just survived a torrid period of time where she became this uncontrollable teenager who made our life truly difficult. / Thankfully we all made it through and we all can now look on that time as something we all learned a lot from. Roslyn now at 22 says if she could turn back the clock and rewrite the book she would, but at the time she thought we, her parents, were only imposing boundaries and rules for no good reason other than to be a thorn in her side. She couldn’t see, and wouldn’t see till later, how hard this was on herself and her family. A self-obsessed time but a time she now has so much regret for and understanding of. She did come out of it though and I think the love for her that we never ever abandoned, though it was sorely tested, and the doggedness of us not giving up, won in the end. / Maybe it was a time that she needed to experience and just get over and done with. / She did become again the lovely girl she had been and quickly matured into a great empathetic teenager and now is a truly wonderful young woman I am so very proud of and love enormously. We have a beautiful relationship and this poem she wrote me and presented so beautifully typed out on lovely paper is one of my greatest treasures. Take heart from this when you go through the rough times with your own kids. Susan Davies inspired me to post this poem after reading her lovely poem “Children Are A Blessing”. Thanks Sue.
HIS SOUL WAS THAT OF A GYPSY / SOMETIMES A LITTLE TIPSY / HE LOVED TO PLAY THE MANDOLIN / THAT WAS REALLY HIM / HE TRAVELED FROM TOWN TO TO…
/ Jenny, Thank you so much for your photo ‘FOR SALLY & HER GYPSY GRANDFATHER” it so touched my heart..and the poem just flowed so easily. / PLEASE CHECK OUT MY FRIEND JENNY’S(COFFEEBEAN) OTHER AWESOME ARTWORK ON THE RB.
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