I LOVE YOU...

I love you my dear daughter
You spent your life dealing ... just trying to deal
Cutting and crying and thinking up new ways to do away with your precious life
I spent my life loving you and trying to convince you that life was worth living
How i worried and cried myself to sleep so many nights
Not knowing how or what to do to keep you here with me
You thought i was selfish...i thought that some day you'd see that i was right
The doctors and the books and the groups and everyone everywhere had an opinion
or a cure or a medicine or a therapy or some way to deal
i remember that song...i still cry when i hear it today
three days grace? was it?
we sang it...you your part, and me mine, as if it were a game
it wasn't a game
(This world will never be what I expected..And I have left alone everything that I own to make you feel like it's not too late, it's never too late. Even if I say it'll be alright, still I hear you say you want to end your life...now and again we try to just stay alive. Maybe we'll turn it all around cuz it's not too late ...it's never too late...)

i never gave up
when everyone said you should be locked away..it would be for the best
i never gave in...never gave you up
but if i have to be totally truthful with myself..i never thought we'd make it to this day
and now i celebrate.... and hope ...hope that you're OK now and forever
you're OK
and still..it's not too late...you see? it's never too late.
i love you with all my being
my dear daughter
how lucky i am to still have you here with me
please say you'll stay?

Loulou wrote:

Wow, that was heart-wrenching Still Here.
What an amazing gift a daughter is hey?
Take care mate!

yes, every day anew, a gift
thank you

pandora wrote:

Springtime!

New life emerging everywhere ...winters rest is over.... time to live again

Mother Nature's finest moment,
she is refreshed.... me too!

I feel it in every flower scented breath I take
every winged movement in the yard

even in a strangers smile...

Springtime Love...it is contagious!

I feel it in my dreams, even there,
my subconscious knows/ feels the energy that is Springtime

I love You..... Springtime!

ShimmyMommy wrote:

StillHere wrote:

Loulou wrote:

Wow, that was heart-wrenching Still Here.
What an amazing gift a daughter is hey?
Take care mate!

yes, every day anew, a gift
thank you

that was an incredible post, thank you for sharing it :thumbup: :clap:

thank YOU for listening

pandora wrote:

beautiful tribute Jo, you are a wonderful mother and friend
bless your heart

thank you pandi, as are you...
much love and hugs

71step28 wrote:

StillHere wrote:

I love you my dear daughter
You spent your life dealing ... just trying to deal
Cutting and crying and thinking up new ways to do away with your precious life
I spent my life loving you and trying to convince you that life was worth living
How i worried and cried myself to sleep so many nights
Not knowing how or what to do to keep you here with me
You thought i was selfish...i thought that some day you'd see that i was right
The doctors and the books and the groups and everyone everywhere had an opinion
or a cure or a medicine or a therapy or some way to deal
i remember that song...i still cry when i hear it today
three days grace? was it?
we sang it...you your part, and me mine, as if it were a game
it wasn't a game
(This world will never be what I expected..And I have left alone everything that I own to make you feel like it's not too late, it's never too late. Even if I say it'll be alright, still I hear you say you want to end your life...now and again we try to just stay alive. Maybe we'll turn it all around cuz it's not too late ...it's never too late...)

i never gave up
when everyone said you should be locked away..it would be for the best
i never gave in...never gave you up
but if i have to be totally truthful with myself..i never thought we'd make it to this day
and now i celebrate.... and hope ...hope that you're OK now and forever
you're OK
and still..it's not too late...you see? it's never too late.
i love you with all my being
my dear daughter
how lucky i am to still have you here with me
please say you'll stay?

this is so heartbreaking full of hope the same time! I think I know what you're talking about.
Our unconditionally LOVE is all we can give and we're hoping this love gets through to the person we love. Sometimes it does, sometimes it don't...

absolutely
the love we have for each other saved us both
my daughter, because she deals with bipolar disorder (and more)
something that cannot possibly be fathomed unless you've lived with it
and even then, only from the outside looking in
and myself, because i don't know what i would have done had i lost her
thank you all for allowing me to share

What an amazing inspirational mom you are Jo! It is so important to let those we love know it. All we can do is be there for them, and love them.

too much loss this week, but love is all around..