Love The Unloved

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This old gal…

Has been searching for a zinger…for that headstone of hers…some have recipes…some pay homage to a mastered skill…some sing praise…for making…the best meatloaf…but maybe…this old gal…isn’t zinger material…can’t come up with one super cool ultimately unique thing…to be…remembered by…

Until…this showed up in the Besties chat…a poem…with the message…Mom…I found this poem on Pinterest…I feel like this is exactly…how you raised us…the poet…seeing the importance…of loving the overlooked…the different… the seemingly…unloved…and charging us…to raise our children…to carry on…this all encompassing…kind of love…

If this is how…those daughters of mine…see their mama…she is humbled…touched…brought to tears…and has found…her headstone zinger…this poem…May We Raise Children Who Love The Unloved Things…by Nicolette Sowder…

For what better way to be remembered…than for teaching those daughters of mine to love…who will…in turn…teach their children to love…and with diligence…we can only hope…that this loving the unlovable legacy of love…

Will endure forever…
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And these daughters of mine…agree…