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Friday, March 29, 2013

POETRY: BESTAMORE IS NORWEGIAN FOR GRANDMOTHER

Healthy at ninety
Going strong and loving life
First great grandchild soon
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A slip and a fall
Hospital rooms and slurred speech
Who is this stranger
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Bestamore, she's called
Family and friends have come
Say their last goodbyes

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Bestamore is not my grandmother, exactly.  She's my older brother's wife's grandmother. For many people they wouldn't know their siblings spouses grandparents, but I'm not most people. I lived with my brother's wife's parents for a couple years and became an honorary member of the family. I've spent the last two Christmas's at Bestamore's house and have come to know and love her. Then, this past Tuesday, she slipped and fell. Such is life.

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