To be read after Daughter, as this follows on.

 

2003

 

Every mother’s

worse nightmare,

what more could I do?

That last letter

you sent me

from prison

had me in floods of tears.

How you hated it in there,

how sorry you were

for all that you had

put us through,

and how everything

would be so different

on your release.

I hoped and I prayed

that you truly had

turned the corner

but only time would tell…

 

 

 

2004

 

A new granddaughter!

And oh, what a change

in my fallen angel,

practically recovered.

Weaning yourself off

the methadone

to be a good mother

to our cherub.

 

How fortunate I feel

that you were ready

to move on

in a new relationship

with a long-standing friend

so soon after your release.

And how proud we are,

your father and I

to witness

such a change around.