Friday, April 16, 2010

I wonder...

WALKWAY
by Melba

Jagged bits of walkway
Half-hidden by the grass
Though weathered and broken through the years
Determined they would last.

Till all the children
Whose feet made noise
With hop-scotch and with marbles
No longer pass through memory land
To pause, to look, to marvel.

I dropped a nickel in a crack,
one time when I was young,
I cried and cried about my loss
until my brother come.

He dug and dug with sticks and knives
My coin he could not find
I wonder still if beneath that walk
There's a coin left behind.

My mother-in-law, Melba
at 10 years old
in 1928,
beside the sidewalk.


The first pic (she's 92) was from a recent trip
she and I made to her
hometown of Edna, Texas,
to see if the sidewalk was still there.

It was and being the writer that she is,
wrote the poem Walkway.


Thanks for coming by my
Show & Tell & there's more at
Cindy's My Roma
ntic Home.



And my first time with Family Fridays
Keeping up with the Schultz Family



~Candy~

12 comments:

Ann said...

What a wonderful post today. It would be great on Family Fridays that I participate in. Your MIL looks like such a sweet person, LOVE the poem, she is quite a writer. The picture of her as a 10 year old is so precious.

Helen said...

Hello! Your family is beyond blessed to have this creative, sensitive, wonderful woman in your lives. Beautiful poem ~ please tell her I said so.

Kissed by an Angel said...

That was a really touching post!! I love the photos of your MIL, she looks lovely!!
Have a great weekend!!
xxxx

Helen said...

Hi again! Thanks for your comment on my Magpie poem ... all is fine here. I actually wrote that almost three years ago as I sat vigil during the last days and nights of my mother's life.

Amy said...

Candy,
Thanks for sharing this.. You are am amazing writer.. I really enjoyed reading about your Mom.. Thanks for stopping in.. Have a great weekend..

June said...

Oh what a beautiful post Candy. I love your MIL's poem. It is wonderful. She was such a little doll when she was little.
I have missed so many great posts here and it was great to come and get caught up with you and see what you've been doing.
hugs

Lori said...

Beautiful! I love how the pics really bring it home! What a great poem!

Unknown said...

What a lovely blog you have, Candy!
Your MIL is so talented and you are so blessed to have her in your life. Please give her a hug from Malaysia?
Thank you so much for sharing your family with us. Be blessed.
hugs
shakira

Laura said...

Oh Candy-
This is an amazing post.
I so miss having older women in my family who live nearby.
I enjoyed this so much.

Laura

Ms. Robinson said...

LOVE THE PIC OF MELBA...

Terry said...

Howdy Candy
This is one of the sweetest post I have ever read .
Thank you for sharing with us .
Love and hugs
Happy Trails

kanishk said...

I love the photos of your MIL, she looks lovely!!
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