Magnolia Maggie! https://bthemoondogs.runboard.com/t180664 Runboard| Magnolia Maggie! en-us Thu, 28 Mar 2024 18:13:23 +0000 Thu, 28 Mar 2024 18:13:23 +0000 https://www.runboard.com/ rssfeeds_managingeditor@runboard.com (Runboard.com RSS feeds managing editor) rssfeeds_webmaster@runboard.com (Runboard.com RSS feeds webmaster) akBBS 60 Re: Magnolia Maggie!https://bthemoondogs.runboard.com/p2013817,from=rss#post2013817https://bthemoondogs.runboard.com/p2013817,from=rss#post2013817it is a beautiful flower...nondisclosed_email@example.com (pc31)Mon, 11 May 2009 23:28:16 +0000 Re: Magnolia Maggie!https://bthemoondogs.runboard.com/p2013815,from=rss#post2013815https://bthemoondogs.runboard.com/p2013815,from=rss#post2013815 The Magnolias are in full bloom now and again I remember how Maggie loved em!nondisclosed_email@example.com (Big Johnson)Mon, 11 May 2009 21:50:30 +0000 Re: Magnolia Maggie!https://bthemoondogs.runboard.com/p2008929,from=rss#post2008929https://bthemoondogs.runboard.com/p2008929,from=rss#post2008929we know the sun will always shine!when u kno u always kno!for love... nondisclosed_email@example.com (mr twister)Fri, 18 Apr 2008 18:13:20 +0000 Re: Magnolia Maggie!https://bthemoondogs.runboard.com/p2008718,from=rss#post2008718https://bthemoondogs.runboard.com/p2008718,from=rss#post2008718I kno u too can hear her in yer thoughts as I can,I'll never forget her thats for sure,she changed me,I think I am a better person from knowing her,an I had the time of my life when she was in it,even if it was jus a brief one...amazing nondisclosed_email@example.com (mr twister)Sat, 05 Apr 2008 14:55:08 +0000 Re: Magnolia Maggie!https://bthemoondogs.runboard.com/p2008714,from=rss#post2008714https://bthemoondogs.runboard.com/p2008714,from=rss#post2008714 Thanks Twisty. Miss Maggies kind but direct advice during these times!nondisclosed_email@example.com (Ratmannnn)Sat, 05 Apr 2008 14:48:56 +0000 Re: Magnolia Maggie!https://bthemoondogs.runboard.com/p2008710,from=rss#post2008710https://bthemoondogs.runboard.com/p2008710,from=rss#post2008710RIP peace my dearest maggie,miss u so,robert haint behaven as u would expect,but he's a good egg as u kno,we miss u...jimny nondisclosed_email@example.com (mr twister)Sat, 05 Apr 2008 14:37:27 +0000 Re: Magnolia Maggie!https://bthemoondogs.runboard.com/p2006246,from=rss#post2006246https://bthemoondogs.runboard.com/p2006246,from=rss#post2006246 Very touching you old heartbreaking Weedman!nondisclosed_email@example.com (Ratmannnn)Tue, 11 Dec 2007 06:52:52 +0000 Re: Magnolia Maggie!https://bthemoondogs.runboard.com/p2006245,from=rss#post2006245https://bthemoondogs.runboard.com/p2006245,from=rss#post2006245Very nice prayer. :) Glad you all like the tattoo. ^_^nondisclosed_email@example.com (Ashley Amanda)Tue, 11 Dec 2007 02:26:37 +0000 Re: Magnolia Maggie!https://bthemoondogs.runboard.com/p2006196,from=rss#post2006196https://bthemoondogs.runboard.com/p2006196,from=rss#post2006196Do not stand at my grave and weep I am not there, I do not sleep. I am a thousand winds that blow. I am the diamond glints on snow. I am the sunlight On the ripened grain. I am the gentle Autumn's rain. When you awaken in the morning hush, I am the swift uplifting rush of quiet birds in circled flight. I am the soft stars that shine at night. Do not stand at my grave and cry. I am not there. I did not die. My Spirit is still alive... -- Hopi prayer nondisclosed_email@example.com (Steve A)Sat, 08 Dec 2007 21:31:26 +0000 Re: Magnolia Maggie!https://bthemoondogs.runboard.com/p2006186,from=rss#post2006186https://bthemoondogs.runboard.com/p2006186,from=rss#post2006186 Steve A is an indian princess dream catcher kinda guy!nondisclosed_email@example.com (Ratmannnn)Sat, 08 Dec 2007 12:27:24 +0000 Re: Magnolia Maggie!https://bthemoondogs.runboard.com/p2006159,from=rss#post2006159https://bthemoondogs.runboard.com/p2006159,from=rss#post2006159nondisclosed_email@example.com (Steve A)Sat, 08 Dec 2007 10:38:35 +0000 Re: Magnolia Maggie!https://bthemoondogs.runboard.com/p2006058,from=rss#post2006058https://bthemoondogs.runboard.com/p2006058,from=rss#post2006058Yes..Ash..the tattoo is lovely...and I am also glad that you are posting again..nondisclosed_email@example.com (poil2)Sat, 01 Dec 2007 13:20:38 +0000 Re: Magnolia Maggie!https://bthemoondogs.runboard.com/p2006046,from=rss#post2006046https://bthemoondogs.runboard.com/p2006046,from=rss#post2006046 :Waldo: It looks nice.It is good to see you posting again.nondisclosed_email@example.com (drwaldo)Fri, 30 Nov 2007 22:04:30 +0000 Re: Magnolia Maggie!https://bthemoondogs.runboard.com/p2006040,from=rss#post2006040https://bthemoondogs.runboard.com/p2006040,from=rss#post2006040Glad you two like it. I'm really happy with the way it turned out. Really glad that I used my own handwriting too. It's looking much better this week- no more scabs.nondisclosed_email@example.com (Ashley Amanda)Fri, 30 Nov 2007 03:50:44 +0000 Re: Magnolia Maggie!https://bthemoondogs.runboard.com/p2006013,from=rss#post2006013https://bthemoondogs.runboard.com/p2006013,from=rss#post2006013nice tatoo ash.nondisclosed_email@example.com (Steve A)Wed, 28 Nov 2007 19:46:35 +0000 Re: Magnolia Maggie!https://bthemoondogs.runboard.com/p2005992,from=rss#post2005992https://bthemoondogs.runboard.com/p2005992,from=rss#post2005992 As I see this and am touched, 'Happy Christmas' is playing on Christmas radio!nondisclosed_email@example.com (Ratmannnn)Tue, 27 Nov 2007 06:25:50 +0000 Re: Magnolia Maggie!https://bthemoondogs.runboard.com/p2005989,from=rss#post2005989https://bthemoondogs.runboard.com/p2005989,from=rss#post2005989Finally went through with the tattoo on the 17th. [/url]nondisclosed_email@example.com (Ashley Amanda)Tue, 27 Nov 2007 03:54:52 +0000 Re: Magnolia Maggie!https://bthemoondogs.runboard.com/p2003659,from=rss#post2003659https://bthemoondogs.runboard.com/p2003659,from=rss#post2003659 I am not a dickk tater!nondisclosed_email@example.com (Ratmannnn)Fri, 24 Aug 2007 18:29:26 +0000 Re: Magnolia Maggie!https://bthemoondogs.runboard.com/p2003650,from=rss#post2003650https://bthemoondogs.runboard.com/p2003650,from=rss#post2003650don't you have access to all that login info and tongiro's secret identity as Ratministrator?nondisclosed_email@example.com (Steve A)Fri, 24 Aug 2007 17:55:58 +0000 Re: Magnolia Maggie!https://bthemoondogs.runboard.com/p2003641,from=rss#post2003641https://bthemoondogs.runboard.com/p2003641,from=rss#post2003641 She said she had lost her log in info. Not sure she would be a regular though. Too many memories but also people who luff her!nondisclosed_email@example.com (Ratmannnn)Fri, 24 Aug 2007 13:31:19 +0000 Re: Magnolia Maggie!https://bthemoondogs.runboard.com/p2003634,from=rss#post2003634https://bthemoondogs.runboard.com/p2003634,from=rss#post2003634thanks for sharing that Ratpal. I do miss the Magster as we all do I am sure, maybe someday Miss Ashley will visit here again.nondisclosed_email@example.com (Steve A)Fri, 24 Aug 2007 08:07:15 +0000 Re: Magnolia Maggie!https://bthemoondogs.runboard.com/p2003632,from=rss#post2003632https://bthemoondogs.runboard.com/p2003632,from=rss#post2003632 This is from Today on Ashleys Myspace! August 24, 2007 - Friday   The Tattoo Current mood: determined Category: Writing and Poetry  We took my mom into the emergency room two days before Mother's Day. She had surgery that night. The first time I was able to see her afterwards was that Sunday- the actual holiday. Fraught with worry, and eager to see her, I never thought about a gift. I didn't even think to bring flowers- I didn't know if they were allowed, being that she was in the ICU. So, I went to see her, with empty hands, but a full heart. I sat with her for nine hours. I stroked her hair, held her hand, simply being there to do what I could. At one point, while stroking her hair, I began to cry. I tried with everything I had to be silent as the warm tears streamed down my face- but she saw me. She looked up at me, her eyes full of concern, and she asked, "Baby, why are you crying?" I bit my trembling lip to keep from sobbing as she reached up and began to stroke my arm with her soft, bandaged hand. "I love you, baby." She whispered amongst tears of her own. "I love you too."  I stayed until nine that night, when the nurse made me leave. I kissed her and squeezed her hand, told her I'd be back the next day, and walked out of the ICU with the world on my shoulders, but still not slouching.  My aunt picked me up from work the next day to go the hospital. I hadn't taken any time off because I knew I would have to when she came home, and I thought it was best that I earned as much money as possible before that happened. In the van on the way there, I was told that, because her lungs were filling with fluid (a result of the stress of the surgery), she had been put on a ventilator that morning. She was sedated, but the hospital staff repeatedly told us she could most likely hear us. I really didn't know what to say, so I just sat with her, stroking her hair and holding her hand as I had the day before. Things were bad, but I wasn't giving up yet. As I sat with her, I thought about what incredibly special thing I could do for her, and could come up with no results.  By Friday night, her blood pressure had dropped so low that there was no hope of it rising. Her wound wasn't healing as it should, and, we realized, she simply wasn't getting better. We talked to the doctors, and, as a family, decided it was best to let her go. It was unnecessary to keep her full of tubes under fluorescent lights. I went into her room alone that night. I went right up to her and grabbed her hand. I laid my head on her arm and I cried for a minute. I kissed her cheek, and, leaning close to her ear, I told her I loved her. I told her how sorry I was that things had to be this way, but that I knew she would agree that it was right. I stroked her hair and told her that I was going to be okay. I told her I loved her again, and a single tear rolled down her cheek. I hugged her, and I kissed her, and that was the last moment I spent with my mom.  The following night, almost a week after Mother's Day, was the night we let her go. The family met in her ICU room, they all said their goodbyes. I was offered many opportunities to speak to her, but I persisted that I'd said all I needed to say. At seven p.m., she was removed from the ventilator. They stopped all medication, with the exception of the anesthetic, which was increased. We sat in that room with her. We were quiet, but there was a presence that said so much. Tears were shed, and even a little bit of laughter was shared. She, never being an exhibitionist, waited until her brother and I were the only two in the room to take that last breath. We remained for a few moments, just for the sake of being sure, and we left that room with great acceptance for the fact that things happened exactly as they should have.  In the months since my mother's passing, I've decided to get a tattoo. I've carefully contemplated it, and I'm getting a magnolia on my right shoulder. She was a southern girl at heart, and she loved magnolias. When I was with her in the hospital, thinking of what to do for her, they often came to mind. I never did get to do something special, so this is going to be it. It will be black outline only- simple and beautiful, just like she was, and just below it, in a soft script, will be written, "Mom." It's going to be a little scary, and it's probably going to hurt. Losing her was scary, and painful, but I'm getting through it okay, so I'll get through this too. This way I'll always be reminded of her beauty, and her pain, and be able to know I did get to do something incredible for her.   nondisclosed_email@example.com (Ratmannnn)Fri, 24 Aug 2007 06:28:48 +0000 Re: Magnolia Maggie!https://bthemoondogs.runboard.com/p1999071,from=rss#post1999071https://bthemoondogs.runboard.com/p1999071,from=rss#post1999071 Dear Maggie! The Magnolias are in bloom and calling for you!!nondisclosed_email@example.com (Ratmannnn)Tue, 24 Apr 2007 19:04:56 +0000 Re: Magnolia Maggie!https://bthemoondogs.runboard.com/p1613144,from=rss#post1613144https://bthemoondogs.runboard.com/p1613144,from=rss#post1613144nondisclosed_email@example.com (Ratmannnn)Mon, 08 May 2006 23:17:29 +0000 Re: Magnolia Maggie!https://bthemoondogs.runboard.com/p1613143,from=rss#post1613143https://bthemoondogs.runboard.com/p1613143,from=rss#post1613143rolled gold...nondisclosed_email@example.com (pc31)Sun, 07 May 2006 12:33:53 +0000 Re: Magnolia Maggie!https://bthemoondogs.runboard.com/p1613142,from=rss#post1613142https://bthemoondogs.runboard.com/p1613142,from=rss#post1613142freeze dried..nondisclosed_email@example.com (the poil)Sun, 09 Apr 2006 03:36:25 +0000 Re: Magnolia Maggie!https://bthemoondogs.runboard.com/p1613141,from=rss#post1613141https://bthemoondogs.runboard.com/p1613141,from=rss#post1613141 Wish I knew how to safely ship a magnolia blossom to you!nondisclosed_email@example.com (Ratmannnn)Sun, 09 Apr 2006 02:27:37 +0000 Re: Magnolia Maggie!https://bthemoondogs.runboard.com/p1613140,from=rss#post1613140https://bthemoondogs.runboard.com/p1613140,from=rss#post1613140Okay...I am jealous. nondisclosed_email@example.com (Maggierama)Sat, 08 Apr 2006 22:06:34 +0000 Re: Magnolia Maggie!https://bthemoondogs.runboard.com/p1613139,from=rss#post1613139https://bthemoondogs.runboard.com/p1613139,from=rss#post1613139 Well Maggie Magnolia. The Magnolias are a bloomin here again!nondisclosed_email@example.com (Big Johnson)Fri, 07 Apr 2006 17:31:13 +0000 Re: Magnolia Maggie!https://bthemoondogs.runboard.com/p1613138,from=rss#post1613138https://bthemoondogs.runboard.com/p1613138,from=rss#post1613138yeahsir! will do... :mool: nondisclosed_email@example.com (mr twister)Thu, 02 Jun 2005 12:47:00 +0000