My Holiday Blues Since They Have Gone

Roni ODonnell
Knowing you'd be here
in another day
seemed like an eternity
in every way.

Serving our country,
you're on your own
with your own family
and your own home.

There's always distance
between families
So when I see you
it's a blessing for me.

The days we've spent
went by so fast
I wish it could be longer
for hours to last

Now you're gone
back home your way
It will seem forever
till another day

I love you my son
of you I am proud.
My praise for you
I could yell aloud.

I miss you already
since you have been gone.
Can't wait to see you
when you return home.

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  • Maria Roth1/11/2010

    I hope your son has read this. :)

  • Bridget Ilene Delaney1/9/2010

    More quick comments, but still more PV love for you! :)

  • Pattie Byrd1/8/2010

    Very moving poem. I'm sure there are many who will identify with these feelings.

  • Kristie Leong M.D.1/8/2010

    Very touching. :-)

  • JerseyNana1/7/2010

    Dear God, please bring him home soon and safely! Thanks

  • Jan Corn1/7/2010

    Captured the tug and pull in parents' hearts so well. We love seeing them, miss them when they are gone but know they have to find their own way. I, too, miss the family when they have left after the holidays (the "kids", now adults)

  • Peggy Redwine1/7/2010

    Nice one!

  • Bridget Ilene Delaney1/7/2010

    Ac has banned me from the site! It was an accident that my articles were similar to any that were already online! I just took general notes, quick jot of what was needed and what to do. It just happened to be alike! I wrote to them first just to check (not to have the articles REpublished - I didn't publish them without consent, AC gave me offers and they took them down retroactively). I didn't use my computer and went to bed after that. The next morning, I got that another article I wrote was denied (I was just going to log into my account and delete it), but AC had banned me! I had no warning and no e-mail from them! Now AC seems to be ignoring me and not wanting to restore my account at all! I hope to be back, but so far, AC has completely ignored me. I never plagiarize things. I have a journalism degree and understand how serious this is! It was only an accident.

  • Tony Jingo1/7/2010

    Touching & beautifully presented.

  • R.C. Johnson1/7/2010

    Poignant thoughts. :)!

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