This is posted on Real Toads Tuesday Platform in honor and memory of my friend Peggie who died three years ago today due to complications from COPD. She was a true onnebugeisha. She rescued greyhounds, people (including me), she loved her country, and she loved to laugh. She never called a “turd a rose” …thank you Fireblossom for this wonderful quote.
summer night is long –
dew falls but fades at morning –
grasses remember
kanzen sakura 
May 15, 2018 @ 23:21:21
sorry for your loss… the grass does remember the dew fondly…
May 16, 2018 @ 17:28:29
Yes it does
May 16, 2018 @ 04:47:41
🙏 beautiful homage 😊
May 16, 2018 @ 17:29:03
Thank you. She was a beautiful soul
May 18, 2018 @ 11:02:14
What ?
May 16, 2018 @ 07:48:29
Oh I do remember this one… so sorry.
May 16, 2018 @ 17:27:35
You would have loved her Bjorn. Compassionate, intelligent, winsome, funny….
May 16, 2018 @ 08:25:09
To be remembered this way is both testament and grace. Testament to the richness of their soul, and a grace bestowed in the remembering itself.
I’m glad you liked my crass but descriptive little phrase. I’m here all week. Try the meatloaf!
May 16, 2018 @ 17:31:13
Lol…about a month before she died, she called me at 2:00 am (knowing I would be awake) and asked me how to make meatloaf. She served it to friends and to get greyhound. It is a good memory. We often called each other and talked until our phone batteries were about dead!
May 16, 2018 @ 09:39:37
It is so hard to lose a friend, but it is said, they are here as long as we can remember, and you have remembered Peggy with your beautiful words. Thank you for your memories.
May 16, 2018 @ 17:26:51
Thank you for this comment. In that case, as long as I can remember she will be here.
May 16, 2018 @ 10:56:39
So sad, Toni. We miss them badly at times but our memories have to suffice now. I know the rescue part, been there a few times as the wanderer, and the deaths or separations leave us with only those memories and lessons learned. Far superior to the grass, a dullard.
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May 16, 2018 @ 17:26:03
Thank you.
May 16, 2018 @ 13:37:50
I love that the grasses remember. Your friend sounds like a beautiful soul, Toni.
May 16, 2018 @ 17:25:34
Oh Sherry, she was the best!
May 16, 2018 @ 14:50:35
I’m sorry you lost a treasured friend, clearly too early. But your haiku is a fine testament and graceful honour and memory in itself. I’m sure she is smiling in your heart.
May 16, 2018 @ 17:24:57
Thank you Pat. I am sure she is running around in heaven with her beloved greyhounds as well.
May 16, 2018 @ 18:45:51
We take comfort as we can and know we are being cared for even when they are gone.
May 16, 2018 @ 16:43:41
Such a beautiful tribute to your friend Toni.
May 16, 2018 @ 17:23:51
Thank you Lynda. She was a beautiful soul.
May 16, 2018 @ 19:19:50
kaykuala
Summer nights and wonderful friends are long remembered unlike dew that fades fast. Great thoughts Toni!
Han
May 16, 2018 @ 19:22:44
Thank you Hank!
May 18, 2018 @ 11:02:12
What ?
May 18, 2018 @ 11:02:16
What ?
May 17, 2018 @ 08:01:02
Bittersweet, as beloved memories of the lost breeze through us.
May 18, 2018 @ 16:56:35
She was a very special person full of life and joy. Thank you.
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