My Pie Has passed away

Phyllis "Pie" Longwell
11-12-2008

Today "Pie" has passed away..
It makes me sad to think of yesterday ..
When she sat on the floor with my children to play

She watched our children when we had somewhere to go
We never had to worry.. about them while they were there

She had so much love .. with them to share ..
As she sat in her rocking chair

There was always housework work to be done
But when she had the children she always made it fun
Reading a book Not just one or two
But the whole stack that's when she was through...
She read lots of stories to them

Eventually they would fall asleep
These are beautiful memories I want to keep

Pie was sweet and she was kind
Never a wrong thought came from her mind
She was truly a Grandmother Pie

Filled with the Love
Of those she
has left behind...

Pie was my mother in law .. for 13 yrs.. before that she was my sister's mother in law .. and our neighbor.. I grew up.. with her.. motherly love.. We lived with them.. when we had a threat of miscarriage with my son.. she never required anything of me.. but offered love in her home.. I learned how to cook and how to clean .. without being fussy or mean.. she did everything in kindness.. slow moving but things always seem to get done.. tomorrow would always be there.. she was never in a rush to get anywhere .. I may not have always agreed with everything she said or did.. but she never criticized the things that I did.. I have missed her throughout the years.. After my divorce.. It was better for me to slip away.. and give space.. for the family to heal.. one more thing I had to let go of.... And so today I offer these words .. to myself.. to heal.. for the loss that I feel... Pie .. I love you .

I sat and cried over the loss.. of my former mother in law and grandmother to my children .. I am not able to be with them at the funeral.. to grieve with them over the loss of their Pie.. I missed not being able to be there when Poppie died and their Uncle Charlie .. I was a part of this family ...and so I cry too ..

To My Jeremy and Jamie .. just doing what is right for you.. Leaving room for you and your dad ..

I know he too is sad ..it is not about me.. but about them..

Note to Myself: I wrote this after
Emotions are raw
it is just to new
to share these thoughts
and feelings with you

And So I come
this is what I do
I write them down
right here for you
I just wanted you to know I knew
just how important she was to you ..