Kindred Spirit - Martie Coetser

I'm taking this way of saying "Thank you, Martie!" to a wonderful fellow Hubber and dear friend. Our cyber mother-daughter relationship has grown over the 13 or so months since we met on Hubpages.

We shared Hub friends and many wonderful discussions about life and all it involves. We discovered experiences shared in common and so we shared our impressions and lessons learned from them.

An amazing 'mother-daughter' relationship just evolved naturally.

Glancing back over some of our earliest hubs and the comments we shared is like a lovely horse-drawn carriage ride through the park of memory. I can see how the mutual respect and love grew ~ and is still growing.

Who knew that in late life, I'd have a beautiful new daughter in South Africa? Is Hubpages magic or what?

One thing I noticed early-on about Martie was her kindness in recognizing others. One of her earlier hubs listed 33 of her Favorite Hubbers and why they were her favorites! Such generosity is typical!

Another thing I couldn't help but notice is her fierce passion, loyalty and conviction to what she espouses. She is a strong woman with a very large heart and her words are always worth reading.

Still, it totally surprised and completely disarmed and delighted me when just a day or so ago, she published a whole hub for me, her 'Cyber Mama'. It is truly one of the most unforgettably lovely tributes I've ever received. She has known that I wrongfully lost my own daughter for a time nearly 40 years ago and that my son is still estranged. So It is all the more gratifying to have a wonderful cyber-daughter with whom to share so many of our individual experiences and thoughts about life. Thank you, Martie, my dear cyber daughter!

The link to her hub is included next. I invite you to visit it, just to see what a dear person she is!

Then, Martie - I'd like to dedicate some of my heart-felt poetry to you and to our friendship and kinship!

Know that you are loved and cherished like my real daughter, Martie!

KIN

You are

An incomparable sweetness

And one of the most

Human

Beings

I have ever known.

I'm proud to emulate

And proud to be

Your friend.

______© Nellieanna H. Hay

I don't always know

As much as I should,

As much as

I wish I would.

But of the thngs

That I know,

I know which is good!

You!

______© Nellieanna H. Hay

Silken strands,

Filaments

Interlaced loosely,

Sunburst-patterned,

Networking space

To partition void from void,

And capture nourishment.

______© Nellieanna H. Hay

This poem was originally destroyed - deliberately burned - in summer, 1971. These fragments, from memory, were restored, in summer, 1973. All of them which had been burned were not restored, however; but I was.

Through conditions constraining it,

I love you unconditionally;

Beyond reservations restraining it.

I love you

Unreservedly,

Unconstrained,

Unrestrained ~

Durationally ~ infinite.

______© Nellieanna H. Hay--

Everything's the same,

Ordinary, ~

Except it's

Floating above the ground,

Free of gravity.

______© Nellieanna H. Hay