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  • Miss you heaps

    By Michael Reid

    24th May 2024

    The 24th of May

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    The 24th of May


    And here we are today 
    The 24th of May
    Our first sad anniversary 
    Of this our new reality 
    An unwelcome new eternity
    Life without your sweet maternity.
     
    I shed a quiet tear this morning 
    Long before the chilly dawning
    Thinking of our many happy days
    You were the most devoted mum
    Your love an undervalued sum
    I miss you and your ever-caring ways.
     
    Love you heaps.
     
     
    ©️Michael Geoffrey Reid 2024, all rights reserved.
     
  • Happy Birthday Mum

    By Michael Reid

    6th December 2023

    Your first birthday since we lost you.

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    Happy Birthday Mum

     
    Your first birthday without you 
    And without your loving brother too
    We lost him only this last Friday
    I cried and cried for him on Saturday 
    Mum,  you would have been eighty-eight
    You wouldn’t stay to see that lucky date
    And so we toast your birthday with a tear or two
    The first time that I can’t sing to you 
    Still I do hoping you might hear
    I wish you peace my mother dear.
     
    6th December 2023
     
    ©️ Michael Reid 2023, all rights reserved
     
  • A Reflection

    By Michael Reid

    30th May 2023

    Written for the funeral service of my darling mother Elaine in 2023.

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    A Reflection 

     
    An elegant woman of simple dreams
    To be loving wife and mother of four
    Her heart at risk of tearing at the seams
    From all the love she carried in her core
     
    Her four boys lived a charmed and easy youth
    We knew we were the blessed boys of mum
    We floated happily in her sweet truth
    That we indeed were brighter than the sun
     
    As reality slowly came to bear
    Revealing all our frailties and scars
    Mum’s unwavering conviction stood clear
    We always would remain her brightest stars
     
    For Mum, life’s pressures pressed too hard upon
    She struggled to fulfil this lonely role
    Floundering in helpless desperation
    As life extracted a life-changing toll
     
    Yet through it all our gentle champion emerged
    Bloodied and bruised, yet still so full of love
    She harnessed her great passionate reserves
    And with a fresh resolve, she rose above
     
    So here we stand, in wonderment today
    That this good kindly font of motherhood
    Survived and thrived in unambitious ways
    And taught us how the worst can be withstood
     
    This lesson bests what formal teaching might
    And Mum was not an educated soul
    Yet she taught us that love could win the fight
    And thus she played the perfect mother’s role.
     
    Michael Reid
    May 2023

     
    ©️ Michael Reid 2023, all rights reserved
     
  • To Mum

    By Michael Reid

    6th December 2015

    On her 80th birthday at South West Rocks

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    To Mum

     

    Elaine Iris Reid nee Walls
    For you we've dressed these outdoor halls
    The last day in your seventies
    So we expect some revelry
    Nay, we expect some devilry
     
    Some of you may be unaware
    But she's run wild in her underwear
    She was in Sydney in the sixties
    Though Vaucluse was a bit less risky
    Her beauty oft turned man to fool
    So many of our mates would drool
    She was The Milf at Grammar school
     
    She's always had a generous soul
    She'd gift the shirt right off her back
    But please decline the offer whole
    Or that would expose her generous rack
     
    We love Elaine she's our mother
    We're all here except our brother
    Love from Pete he was a cracker
    Always in strife since a little tacker
    This is Rick the younger twinny
    Big of heart and not so skinny
    Then there's John the oldest brother
    Once so wild but soon grandfather
    My name's Mick yes I'm the baby
    Spoilt since birth, still misbehaving
     
    We love Mum 'cause to her we're perfect
    We don't have to try we don't have to work it
    To her we're amazing, make no mistake
    Our wives got such a lucky break
     
    Life has thrown Mum ups and downs
    She's popped her share of medication
    Yet she always showed a love profound
    Family and friends her dedication
     
    So here we are to celebrate
    With sparkling wine and chocolate cake
    A tribute to a spirit free
    With yet another cup of tea.
     
    Mum, we love you and we thank you
    For all you've done and all you've been.
     
    Happy 80th birthday.
     
    6th December 2015
     
    ©️ Michael Reid 2015, all rights reserved
     

  • Vale

  • Mum’s Funeral Serv..

    By Michael Reid

    30th May 2023

    The Funeral Service of Elaine Iris Reid held on 30th May 2023 at The Chapel of Macleay Valley House, Frederickton.

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    Farewelling our much loved sister, mother, mother-in-law, grandmother, great-grandmother, aunt, great-aunt, great-great-aunt, cousin, and friend.

    Please feel free to view the service via the following link:

    https://vimeopro.com/walkerfunerals/past-funerals/video/831392785
     

    A Reflection

     
    An elegant woman of simple dreams
    To be loving wife and mother of four
    Her heart at risk of tearing at the seams
    From all the love she carried in her core
     
    Her four boys lived a charmed and easy youth
    We knew we were the blessed boys of mum
    We floated happily in her sweet truth
    That we indeed were brighter than the sun
     
    As reality slowly came to bear
    Revealing all our frailties and scars
    Mum’s unwavering conviction stood clear
    We always would remain her brightest stars
     
    For Mum, life’s pressures pressed too hard upon
    She struggled to fulfil this lonely role
    Floundering in helpless desperation
    As life extracted a life-changing toll
     
    Yet through it all our gentle champion emerged
    Bloodied and bruised, yet still so full of love
    She harnessed her great passionate reserves
    And with a fresh resolve, she rose above
     
    So here we stand, in wonderment today
    That this good kindly font of motherhood
    Survived and thrived in unambitious ways
    And taught us how the worst can be withstood
     
    This lesson bests what formal teaching might
    And Mum was not an educated soul
    Yet she taught us that love could win the fight
    And thus she played the perfect mother’s role.
     

    ©️ Michael Reid 2023

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