Steve`s Country
For a smile as wide as a country sunrise
Mother, A Poem.
Mother.
From the start she watched over me,
She taught me well, I know that she
Always wanted, that which was best
For me. I know that I was blessed
With a Mother, who was so fine,
I am thankful that she was mine.
She taught me well, to stand and grow,
To walk through life, this way, I know.
She has been gone, so many years,
Thinking of her, it still brings tears.
I thank my God, for Mother still,
And I know, that I always will.
We need to stop, and think alway,
And thank our Mothers, every day.
©2021 Steve McLeod.
Steve`s Country 
Beautiful tribute to your mother! God’s blessings are yours today and throughout your life!
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Thank you so very much! Have a wonderful week, God bless!
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You’re welcome!
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Beautiful poem and tribute to your mother, Steve. Yes, they planted so much… May the Lord bless you on this day as you remember and treasure the memories of your mother.
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Thank you so very much Beverly! Hope you have a great week!
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You are most welcome Steve! Thanks, hope you have a great week as well!
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Thanks Beverly!
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You’re welcome Steve!
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A wonderful poem!! Amen!
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Thank you very much Dusty!
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Everytime Steve!😁😊
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Thanks!😁👨
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Welcome😉
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Thanks for your welcome!😁
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Thank you for your Thank you😉😊
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Thank you for thanking me for my thank you.😁
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You’re Welcome! HA!🤣🤣
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Thank you for saying “you’re welcome HA!” HAHA!😂😂😹😹
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You’re Welcome!😂😂
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As they say in the old country, “never step out of your canoe in the middle of the lake.”
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I’m a one canoe at a time person! Once you find the perfect one no need to step out of it at all!!😊😁
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But what if you remember that you forgot to bring your paddle with you? You might just step out of your canoe to head back to shore to get it.🤔
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I’ll paddle with my hands if I need to..😂😂😂
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How do you think you got out there in the first place? Now your hands are sore, that’s why you stepped out of the canoe to walk back to shore. You forget easily.🙄🙄
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That’s true but I can float on my back until I reach the shore.😋
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What if you hit your head on those dangerous rocks near the shore?
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Hmm… good point!🤔🙄 I guess I’ll need to find a nice sandy beach ⛱😁
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Good thinking, wouldn’t want to hurt those rocks.😁
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Oh absolutely not! Im kinda fond of my head also😂😂😂😛
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Good point, you’d have to get a new hat and everything.🤔😳
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That wouldn’t be so bad… my old hat is kinda worn out anyway. 😂😂
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Maybe you should get a new one.🤔
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I have a few… I’m just fond of my old worn out one.😏
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Good point, you have had it for a while. But what about a new hat?🤔🤭
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I would love a new hat.. I’ve been shopping for one, but haven’t pucked one yet! I am very partial to a canvasand mesh in a powder blue or faded blue. I’ll find one😉😊😁
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Good thinking, I’m glad you’re going that route, much better idea, don’t listen to me.😁😂🙄
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But I like listening to you.🤔😊😁
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But I don’t talk.🤔😳🙄
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But you write… same thing😁
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Really?🤔 Cool.😁
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Well…. except for the old country sayings… I can’t make any sense of them🤔🤔🤔🤔🤔🤔🤔🤔🤔🤪🤪🤪🤪🤪🤪🤪🤪🤪
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As they say in the old country, “a stone in the pocket is better than 5 in the field.”
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No it ain’t!🤨🤨😳😳😂😂😂😂
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tis too, tis too!😂😂
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You carry 5 rocks around on your pocket for a day and get back to me about😤😖
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I said one rock in your pocket, five in the field. Besides, it’s one of those things where the thing is just a thing. Get it?
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Uh uh.. explain it to me..🤔🤔
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I just did, I thought you listened to me? I’m back, was on the phone, now I have to do, um, something else, back in a few minutes.🏃♂️🏃♂️🏃♂️🏃♂️🏃♂️🏃♂️🏃♂️🏃♂️🏃♂️🏃♂️🏃♂️🏃♂️🏃♂️
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Watch out for Bert!! 🐻
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He was here earlier.😳🐻
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How’s he feeling??
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I didn’t ask. But he certainly made himself at home on my deck for an hour, just lay down, scratching, licking, munching on peanuts. Wasn’t sure if he was going to leave or not.🤔🙄🐻🙀
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You must have a comfy deck!
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Seems like it is to him. I’m sure he’ll like the new compost pile my landlord started right next to my deck.🙄🐻
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Now there’s a good idea!! You have bears and they starting s stinky old compost pile🤯🤯
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Yep, and that will attract bears, raccoons and skunks!! Just what I need. It will make it less enjoyable to sit out there in the warm weather this summer too with that added smell. Sigh.
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You should definitely say something!! I mean about the compost… just saying something isn’t very descriptive. Although she might know what something your speaking of but probably not so I woukd!
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Compost=garbage rotting away in hot temps giving off a very unpleasant odor.
I did say something, very nicely, suggesting moving it further away to the back fence, at least it would be 15 feet away instead of one foot, or perhaps behind the garage where no one will see it. She got rather angry that I would suggest such a thing, after all it’s her property and she can do what she wants. Sigh.
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But you are her customer😁😁 So she shod try to keep you 😊
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I think she wants me to move so she can jump the rent for the next tenant. Things are bad here, there are absolutely no places to rent at any price right now and when a tenant does leave they always jump the rent! Oddly when I was looking for a place 5 years ago she contacted me and offered the apartment to me because she knew I was a good tenant and good tenants can be hard to find. But the housing situation has changed now, she could rent this place the same day I gave notice and would likely have 20 or 30 people wanting it and offering to pay more than others. It’s crazy here.
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You need to stay put then!! Don’t give on to her then!
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I am staying put, only because there is nowhere else to go right now. Oh well, could be worse I guess, what’s a little stinky garbage next to my deck and bedroom window, plus huge spiders and mice all over the place?
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Rent is going up for the mice too..😂😂😂
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Yeah, but they’re demanding better cheese!🐁🐁🧀🧀
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Better order some from Wisconson then!!
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I already have enough mice!😬😒
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Not to worry😁 They’re small… they don’t eat much 😂😂😂 Good Morning 😁
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Good morning Dusty! HA! Small yes, with an appetite like a cow!😂😂😹😹🐮🐭
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Give them the old moldy cheese 🧀😂😂
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What moldy cheese? Between Muffin and I the cheese never has a chance to go moldy.😂😹🧀🧀
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Then give them some Pepper Jack Cheese 🧀🤭🤭🤭🤭🤭🤭🤭🤭 that will surprise them!😂😂😂
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What is that???
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Spicy Cheese 🧀 it’s wonderful on sandwiches 🥪😋
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But I don’t eat sandwiches.
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No, but mice do!😁😉😂😂
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They do what?
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Eat sandwiches 🥪
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I don’t eat sandwiches.🙄
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That’s ok!! I can eat yours!😁 But not the soggy ones😉😁😂
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But if you eat the soggy ones you won’t need to drink anything.😁😂
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After I throw up I won’t be hungry either!🤑😂😂😂😂
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In that case don’t eat, save all that trouble.🤣🤣
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But I like to eat! Especially after paddling the canoe!😁😋
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But think of how much weight you would lose!🤔😁💀
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That would be a benefit 😉😁
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Good thinking.
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Thank You!😁
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I’m welcoming!
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Yes you are! Very!😂😂😂
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Thanks!!😁
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Credit where ever it’s due!😉😁🤭
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Everything comes due at the same time!😳🤯
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No sunshine ! This month is a monster for bills coming due! Ugh…🤑
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i know the feline!
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Ahahah..😂😂😂😂 and what a feline!! 🐈😻
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You better had believe it!😸😸
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I did! Ah do!
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This is good.😛
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Yeppie!! I did something good and you just admotted it!! Weeeeeeeee heeeeeee!!😂😂😂😁😁😁😁😁😁
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I was happy to admot it for you. As they say in the old country, “it’s time to give up BBQing when for the 10th time your hamburgers re-enter the world as hockey pucks.”
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Ahahahah 😂😂 how did you know??🤯😳
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I like that idea!💡
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Good thinking!😛😛
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We each get one every now and then!😉😁😂
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When is it my turn?🤔
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Okay… I’ll take credit this time..🤭🤭 but I think you deserve it!
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Great, but watch out for the big guy, he really wants his money!😲😬
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Doesn’t he always? 😖😖😖
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Yep, sure does!😳
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I see you’ve been busy posting this morning! I’ll brb… got to go read 📚
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Yep, I posted, a bit late, but it’s out there somewhere!😂😹
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Great start on this case!! A little Romance😉 a little mystery, a little humor… I like it!😁
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Thanks Dusty! Yep, a little of everything this time, and just maybe there’s also….😲😲😬😬🙀🙀
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Oh no… don’t you dare!!😮😯😲😳
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😳😳🙀🙀😬😬
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It better be a happy ending🤨😂😂
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Do they all need to be happy endings?
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Not all of them..🙄🙄 I just don’t like losing members of the team.😁
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Nice to know you would miss me!😁😸😸
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Well…. you’re not as warm and fuzzy as they are… are you??🤔🙄😲😳
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There you are, thought you left, or is it right? I’m never warm, I can be cold in the summer, unless it’s hot. Then I’m not cold, then I’m hot and enjoying myself.😛😛🌞🌞😸😸
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Not so fuzzy then huh?😂😂😂 and yes I am right! Here!🤣🤣
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I have a fuzzy cat, are you laughing at that?😾😾
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Um…well ah.. well ah.. gee it was a nice day today!😁 🤭🤭🤭🤭
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It was nicer today, sunny all day, but that north wind was still blowing giving a chill in the air still.😳🙄🌞
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Hopefully soon a southerly wind will blow the north wind back up to the arctic where it freeze all by itself!🥶😁
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That would be nice. That would be nice.😁
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I very much agree 👍
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I agree very much too!😁
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It’s dangerous stepping out of a moving canoe!! Things can get bent or broken😳
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That’s how you got a hole in the canoe in the first place. As you came back up your head went through the bottom of the canoe.🤣🤣
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That’s cuz the canoe was moving around uncontrollably… choppy waters…
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It was a perfectly calm day.
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You must’ve stood up! Canoes are kinda unstable when you stand up.. hey… maybe that’s how the hole got there??🤔🤔
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No, no, the hole was from your head, remember? Guess you’re thinker isn’t thinking too clearly after that.😬🙄
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I must have hit it on the rocks on my way down.. 🤕😳
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No wonder you sunk so fast, carrying rocks with you! Speaking of sinking, I’m about to sink into a nice pillow and sleep for a bit, early day for shopping tomorrow. Good night!😴😴🤯🌙😁
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Good night! I have a commute in the morning also.. thanks for the chatter! I’ll keep that canoe hole. In mind, I’m sure there’s a solution… just need to sleep on it😁😉😊 ttyt😁
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Even if it has a hole in it.. gives it character😁😂😂
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You said it, not me!🤣🤣🤣
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Great poem and picture Steve ! Have a restful sleep and Muffin too ! 😴😺🤔‼️
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Thanks so much Sharon! Muffin is way ahead of me in the sleeping part! Hope I can sleep good tonight.😁😴😸🌙
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Beautiful Tribute Uncle Steve😍✨ She is always beside you, every single day. Treasure the memories .. Lovely poem 😍🎉🥳
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Thank you so much Simon!
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Lovely!
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Thanks Stu!
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My pleasure!!
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A wonderful tribute ✨
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Thank you very much D!🙂😺
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Of course!
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A lovely tribute to a beautiful Mother.
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Thank you so much Pene! I hope you had a great Mother’s day!
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So touching poem 👌🙏💕 mother’s unconditional love always evergreen 👌🙏😊🌹
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Thank you so very much for such a nice comment! Have a lovely day!😀😺🌞🌙
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Welcome and Good night 🙏🌷😊
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Good night!😀😺🌙
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🌹🙏🌹
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Beautiful tribute to the beautiful mother 💖
What a devotional soul mothers have, they just keep praying for us whether away or afar..
Peace and blessings!
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Thank you so very much Saba! Yes, you are certainly right!😀😺🌞🌹
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😍😸😊😻
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😃😸😻😻
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Mother! The greatest gift of man I have.
Thanks for this amazing writeup
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Thank you so very much! Have a great day!😀😺
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Beautiful poem 👏
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Thank you so much! Have a great day!😀😺
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Wonderful poem
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Thank you very much!
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beautiful poem.
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Thank you so very much!
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It is beautiful ❤️
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Thank you so very much!
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This is sweet. I came here to read some poems to become a better poet.
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Hi John, welcome to Steve’s Country! I hope you will enjoy it here! Although this is mostly a nature and photo blog I do write a lot of poems too. Just put POEM in the search box and they should come up for you. There are more than 100 poems and more will be coming soon. Have a great week!
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So beautiful! Absolutely loved it!
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Thank you so much! And thank you for following Steve’s Country, I hope you will enjoy it here, have a wonderful day!😀😺🌞
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Wonderful!
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Thank you very much! And thank you for following my blog, I hope you will like it here!😀😺
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Pleasure is all mine! I hope I can interest you in mine as well. 🙂
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I will definitely check it out this morning!
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