Mum

We miss your flapjacks – ours never taste the same,

We miss your tear-filled giggles,

When something amused you – usually slightly risqué!

I berate myself every weekend

For leaving it too late to call you,

Then remember I can’t

 We miss your kindness for everyone you met

 We miss your chats to dogs and cats we met on walks

    I still say ‘Good Morning Mr Magpie – how’s your wife and family’

   Just as you would do

   We miss your elaborate lowdowns

 Of TV quizzes that we might have missed

    We miss the help and support you always gave us

      When times were tough

        I miss the way I could never leave from a visit

             Without ‘petrol money’ in my pocket

       We miss the fact that we will never again receive

          A personalised, hand-made birthday card

       But most of all, from the bottom of our hearts

          We miss YOU ♥♥♥

      Happy Birthday Mum/Nanna