For Mom

Gwendolyn Ardythe Simm Goodwin
 August 6, 1925 - March 31, 2011

Miss you,  Mom and Dad




 

  Written for Mom's Memorial Service in June 2011

I’ll Remember You

by

Melissa Ann Goodwin

I’ll remember you

on the rocks at Gray’s,

your knitting needles clacking

and the seagulls flocking.

When sunny days seem to last forever

and thunder rolls

like a distant drummer,

I’ll remember you,

in summer.

I’ll remember you

at the kitchen door,

as I waved goodbye

‘neath an autumn sky.

When leaves are piled and chestnuts fall

with bittersweet vines

and popcorn balls,

I’ll remember you,

in fall.

I’ll remember you

knitting mittens

by a fire warm

in a snowy storm.

When stars shine bright like cosmic glitter

and snowflakes fly

and winds blow bitter,

I’ll remember you,

in winter.

I’ll remember you

on days in May,

when poppies bloom

and winter’s gloom is left behind.

When all the world

feels fresh and new

And robins sing,

I’ll remember you,

in spring.

June 1940, age 14. Just before returning to the U.S. from Wales at the start of WWII

Probably around 1938 or 1939, near Chester England,.
She's got the required haircut of the Liverpool Blue Coat School