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  • 1.  Mother’s Day

    Posted 05-07-2021 01:26 PM
    With Mother's Day coming up, I wanted to acknowledge that this holiday can be a very emotional day.  Some of us no longer have our Mothers with us physically, but they live on in our memories (for better or worse).  I just wanted to acknowledge the day, and encourage us to support each other.
     I've written a poem to share with my kids one day.  You are invited to let it speak to you.
     Take care,
     Patty

                                   Bellybutton

       I've left a mark on you.  A message, if you will.
       A daily reminder of the time we were so connected, 
    that I carried you next to my heart.

     I was the air that you breathed, before you took your first breath.
     That's just the way it is with mothers.

      I have a secret.  Every mother does. 
      I have hidden little love notes in your heart.
      Placed gently, to be found as you journey through life.
     Reminders of how dearly you are loved.

        I will always be with you. 
        As I once carried you inside me; 
    you now carry me inside you.
       Mothers stay with us forever, even if we never see them again.

     A mother's presence in one's life leaves a tattoo on their soul.  
               You are more than enough.
                     You are precious.
                        You are mine. 
                                                                                      
                                                                              -Patty Dean


    Patty Dean, MA, LMHC-A
    Bereavement Coordinator
    Volunteer Coordinator

    Envision Hospice of Washington
    402 Black Hills Lane, SW
    Suite B
    Olympia, Washington, 98502
    360-350-4875  Extension 443


  • 2.  RE: Mother’s Day

    Posted 05-07-2021 01:49 PM

    Oh my gosh your poem is beautiful Patty!  Thank you for sharing it with us! Yes indeed, Mother's Day can be wrought with every sort of emotional imaginable.  Thank you for the reminder.


    Happy Mother's Day to all those who Mother anyone, in any way ❤ 


     

    Lori M.Williams, MSW, LISW

    Social Worker/Bereavement Counselor

    St. Luke's Hospice Duluth

     

    220 North 6th Ave East | Duluth, MN 55805

    Phone: 218-249-6102| Fax: 218-249-6166

    Cell: 218-349-4397

    Lori.Williams2@slhduluth.com

    www.slhduluth.com/hospice

     

     

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  • 3.  RE: Mother’s Day

    Posted 05-07-2021 01:51 PM

    Patty, I hope you don't mind but I had to share this with all of our staff.

     

    Written beautiful, thank you so very much.

     

    Tim Verville

    Volunteer Coordinator

    Hope Health Care

    3200 Broadway Boulevard

    Suite 220

    Garland, Texas 75043

    972-278-0905 - Office

    859-991-4810 - Mobile

    972-278-1289 (fax)

     




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  • 4.  RE: Mother’s Day

    Posted 05-07-2021 02:29 PM
      I'm honored to hear that people would like to share this.  
    Absolutely; pass it along.

    Patty Dean, MA, LMHC-A
    Bereavement Coordinator
    Volunteer Coordinator

    Envision Hospice of Washington
    402 Black Hills Lane, SW
    Suite B
    Olympia, Washington, 98502
    360-350-4875  Extension 443



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  • 5.  RE: Mother’s Day

    Posted 05-07-2021 02:30 PM

    Patty, I have already had so many positive comments from both our staff and volunteers.  All of us thank you so very much. 

     

    Tim Verville

    Volunteer Coordinator

    Hope Health Care

    3200 Broadway Boulevard

    Suite 220

    Garland, Texas 75043

    972-278-0905 - Office

    859-991-4810 - Mobile

    972-278-1289 (fax)

     




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  • 6.  RE: Mother's Day

    Posted 05-10-2021 01:21 PM
    Beautiful! thank you. I hope it's ok to share with my groups.
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  • 7.  RE: Mother's Day

    Posted 05-10-2021 01:25 PM
    I'm honored to have it shared with anyone.

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    Patty Dean, MA, LMHC-A
    Envision Hospice of Washington
    Volunteer Coordinator
    Olympia, Was
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  • 8.  RE: Mother's Day

    Posted 05-20-2021 06:08 PM
    Thank you very much for sharing such a beautiful and meaningful poem.
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  • 9.  RE: Mother's Day

    Posted 04-13-2022 04:40 PM
    Hello Patty, 
    Our Hospice is going to use your poem in this year's letter to kin who have lost their mothers during this past year! 
    THANK  YOU for your beautiful words!

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    Kylee Harless
    Marketing Coordinator/Volunteer Coordinator
    Hospice of the Plains, Inc. - Sterling Office
    kylee.harless@hospiceoftheplains.org
    970-526-7901
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  • 10.  RE: Mother's Day

    Posted 04-15-2022 09:19 AM
    Dear Patty,
    Thank you for sharing your poem. It is quite lovely. I intend to share it with my family and with our bereaved.
    Mary
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  • 11.  RE: Mother's Day

    Posted 04-14-2022 04:35 PM
    A lovely poem.  Never really thought about the meaning of my bellybutton and my connection to my Mother.  I like the perspective.  Thank you for sharing.

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    Sandy Milliken, MSW (She/her)
    Caris Healthcare
    Volunteer Coordinator
    14 Westbury Pwky.
    Bluffton, SC 29910
    843-473-2929
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