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MOM WAS ALWAYS THE ROCK DAD LEANED ON

MY MOTHER WAS THE ROCK THAT DAD LEANED ON:
IM THERE SON JOHN:
  US KIDS WE WOULD RATHER FEEL DADS WRATH, THAN UPSET AGNES OUR MA:
  IF WE WERE DISRESPECTFUL , MOM PLAIN AND SIMPLE LAID DOWN THE LAW:
MY MOM LOOKED AFTER DAD, AND YOU COULD SEE THE LOVE IN HER EYES, HER AFFECTION FOR DAD, WAS NO DISQUISE:
MOM SHE WAS SO THRIFTY AND WITH MONEY AND SPENDING SO WISE, THE ONLY TIME I SAW HER GET UPSET WITH DAD, WOULD BE DURING CHRISTMAS TIME, WHEN DAD COULDNT STOP BUYING US KIDS TOYS AND GIVING US A SUPRISE:
  AFTER THANKSGIVING DAD WOULD START BUYING US LITTLE GIFTS, HE COULDNT WAIT FOR CHRISTMAS TO COME AND HE LOVED TO SEE US SMILE BE HAPPY SOONER THAN LATE:
  MOM LOVED DAD SO MUCH , AND SHE MADE HIM FEEL SO GREAT:
BEHIND EVERY GOOD MAN, THERE WAS A GREAT WOMAN, AND IM HAPPY FOR NY DADS, CAUSE SHE WAS THERE FOR HIM IN EVERY WAY, AND MADE HIM FEEL GREATER THAN GREAT:
THE HAPPIEST LOVING COUPLE TOGETHER , THY DID MAKE:
  IT WAS THE SAME FOR MY GRANDMA AND GRANDPA ON MOMS SIDE:
  IN MY GRANDPA, I SAW HOW HE LOVED GRANDMA SO, AND SHE WAS HIS PRIDE:
MY GRANDPARENTS HAD TEN KIDS AND RAISED THEM ON THE FARM, HAPPILY ALL TOGETHER:
MOM SAID SHE NEVER SAW THEM FIGHT OR ARGUE , NOT EVEN ONCE IN ALL TYPES OF CHALLENGES AND WEATHER:
  MY MOM BECAME A CATHOLIC NUN , AT THE AGE OF FIFTEEN:
  IN ALL MY MOMS LIFE, SHE WAS EVERYTHING BUT MEAN:
MOM STAYED A CATHOLIC NUN, FOR ALL OF FIFTEEN YEARS OR SO:
THEN SHE SAID SHE HAD A CALLING TO GO AND TAKE CARE OF PEOPLE, AND FROM THE CONVENT OUT WEST SHE HAD TO GO:
  MOM WAS A CARE GIVER AND TRAVELED OUT WEST TO MONTANA , COLORADO AND ENDED UP IN MISSISSIPPI:

  MOM TOLD ME THE GREATEST LOVE OF HER LIFE CAME WHEN SHE WAS A CARE GIVER IN MISSISSIPPI TAKING TAKING CARE OF THE BLACK FOLK IN THE BASEMENT OF THE NURSING HOME,THEY LOVED AND APPRECIATED HER SO MUCH I REMEMBER HER TELLING ME:
MOM CAME BACK TO WISCONSIN , AND LIVED WITH HER FAMILY ON THE FARM:
SHE MET DAD IN A NURSING HOME IN MINNESOTA WHEN SHE WAS TAKING CARE OF HIS MOM, AND DAD FELL IN LOVE WITH HER SMILE AND CHARM:
  MY AGNES MY MOM, SHE WAS NOTHING BUT THE BEST:
  SHE WAS SO LOVING, SO FAITHFUL,SUCH OF A KIND HEARTED LADY, SHE TREATED EVERYONE SO RESPECTFUL, GREATER NOT LESS:
MOM COULD NOT EVER SAY A HARSH WORD UNKIND TO ANYONE:
EVEN WHEN SHE WAS WRONGED BY SOMEONE, SHE MIGHT BE UPSET FOR LESS THAN A MINUTE, AND SHE WOULD ALWAYS GENTLY LOVINGLY SAY, OH THEY PROBABLY HAVE PROBLEMS MORE THAN I, AND I WILL JUST PRAY F
OR THEM,SHE WAS AT PEACE WITH EVERYONE:
  MY MOM, AGNES TREATED DAD THE BEST:
  SHE NEVER TREATED HIM ANY LESS:
THEY WERE SO IN LOVE AND HAPPY TO BE TOGETHER:
I GREW UP IN MINNESOTA WATCHING THEM LOVE EACH OTHER IN EVERY KIND OF WEATHER;
  MY MOTHER AGATHA WILL ALWAYS BE BEST FRIEND AND HERO TO ME:
  SHE IS WITH ME, IN EVERYTHING I DO,THINK AND SAY ,MOM TAUGHT US KIDS HOW TO PRAY,AND THANK YOU, OR IM SORRY TO SAY. PLEASE, MAY I, GOD BLESS YOU , COUNT YOUR BLESSINGS, BE POLITE, NICE, GENTLE AND KIND--HER LOVING SMILE IN MY LIFE I ALWAYS SEE:
 MOM WAS ALWAYS THE ROCK MY DAD LEANED ON, SHE WAS JUST LIKE HER MOTHER, AND HER GRANDMOTHER AS WELL:
 THERE LOVE WAS SO STRONG GENUINE AND REAL, YOU COULD TELL:
 WITH MY DAD, THE TOUGH MINNESOTA TORNADO, AND MY MOM, THE LOVING FORGIVING CATHOLIC NUN:
 I JOHN D, JUNGERS AM SO PROUD TO HONOR THEM IN THIS SIMPLE POEM AS THERE SON:


20 FEBRUARY 2015:











 
 

 


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