Though you have lived with me only a few years,Much did abound in picture-perfect memories. That one especially with you and your Kong,A look that said, “Don’t get me wrong.”“To share this with you would be right,but I shall keep it just in spite.” Or that other of you and Bronte,looking into the camera so as to say… “She is my best friend in the world,but, I love you mom, so much more.” Your delightful, little, smashed face, always made my heart, with joy, race. I shall not, long forget, those little snores I often met, when at last at night, I did rest. To my dearest, little, funny face,A permanent mark in my heart,YOU did place.[Written in Phoenix, AZ, December 3, 2007]
That one especially with you and your Kong, A look that said, “Don’t get me wrong.” “To share this with you would be right, but I shall keep it just in spite.”
Or that other of you and Bronte, looking into the camera so as to say…
“She is my best friend in the world, but, I love you mom, so much more.”
Your delightful, little, smashed face, always made my heart, with joy, race.
I shall not, long forget, those little snores I often met, when at last at night, I did rest.
To my dearest, little, funny face, A permanent mark in my heart, YOU did place. [Written in Phoenix, AZ, December 3, 2007]
Dekker in 2004
Dekker in 2006