 Twenty years ago my son disappeared from my life.One day he was here,the next gone.It's a long drawn out story,so I want get into details,but for years I searched for him to no avail and finally come to believe I would never see him again.Then I bought a computer and started doing genealogy research.I was trading information with a lady in Ohio and out of the blue one morning I recieved an email from her stating she thought she had found my son.After days of trying to track down some of the details of where he was located,sure enough I found him,living not more than seventy miles from me.I sent an email to him and waited.A week passed and nothing,then one morning there it was,an email saying,"Is this really my mother"?After a few weeks of planning we made arrangments to have a meeting.I can't begin to tell you how it felt to hold my son after twenty years and the changes we had both gone through were amazing.We now are very close and trying to make up for lost years.Can you imagine how he felt?His sisters were small when he disappeared,now they are all grown with children.My youngest son was two when he left and is now twenty four.I was thirty eight and now I'm fifty eight.It was a strange but wonderful family reunion.So this poem was written about our first meeting. The Meeting
As I step from the car and we look at each other
I suddenly realize I don't look like your mother
I see in turn what time has done
neither do you look like my son.
Twenty long years have passed us by
now all I can do is stand here and cry
time melts away as we embrace
I put out my hand to touch your face
then stand back trying to recall
I don't remember you being this tall
but none of that matters
as I hold my son
a brand new relationship has just begun
never again will we be apart.
How do I know this???
I feel it in my heart. I love you very much son and I'm so glad you came back into my life.Love Mama! copyright 2001 Shirley Delk Roberts |
