Everyone knew it-my family and my friends.
She was always there
When my parents couldn't be,
When my life seemed to be falling apart,
In my successes and
In my sadness.
She was there
to protect me, to love me and to care for me like no one else.
We watched movies together on a Friday night,
We ate Almond Roca and chocolate covered cherries,
We went shopping together on a Saturday afternoon,
And I packed it up to go home on Sunday.
We talked, we laughed, we cried.
She told me stories of my grandfather I never met and my parents when they met.
She remembered the day I was born and loved to tell me about it.
She was my safe place, I trusted her with my thoughts, my tears and my heart.
She loved me back without condition.
She was there.
From junior high band concerts to cheering at a high school football game,
She never missed a moment.
When I danced on the football field with the drill team,
When I fell in love and when my heart broke.
When I got my first job,
When I needed to get away from home,
When I graduated,
And when I got married.
She taught me to drive,
She made my prom dress,
She helped me buy my first car and my first house.
And then one day it all changed...
I have missed her for a long time
I have missed her sarcasm and her honesty
I have missed sharing my life with her as an adult
And have missed talking, laughing, crying with her when the disease took her from me.
Hope stayed in my heart, hope she would remember and return
And I would still be "Grammie's Little Angel" one day.
We could catch up and I could comb her hair and she could tell me how proud she was of me.
But now she is gone and I only have a memory.
I miss her still and more than ever but I know
She is now my Angel and I can look forward to dancing with her in heaven.
We went shopping together on a Saturday afternoon,
And I packed it up to go home on Sunday.
We talked, we laughed, we cried.
She told me stories of my grandfather I never met and my parents when they met.
She remembered the day I was born and loved to tell me about it.
She was my safe place, I trusted her with my thoughts, my tears and my heart.
She loved me back without condition.
She was there.
From junior high band concerts to cheering at a high school football game,
She never missed a moment.
When I danced on the football field with the drill team,
When I fell in love and when my heart broke.
When I got my first job,
When I needed to get away from home,
When I graduated,
And when I got married.
She taught me to drive,
She made my prom dress,
She helped me buy my first car and my first house.
And then one day it all changed...
I have missed her for a long time
I have missed her sarcasm and her honesty
I have missed sharing my life with her as an adult
And have missed talking, laughing, crying with her when the disease took her from me.
Hope stayed in my heart, hope she would remember and return
And I would still be "Grammie's Little Angel" one day.
We could catch up and I could comb her hair and she could tell me how proud she was of me.
But now she is gone and I only have a memory.
I miss her still and more than ever but I know
She is now my Angel and I can look forward to dancing with her in heaven.
"No more pain, no more sadness
No more suffering, no more tears
No more sin, no more sickness
No injustice, no more death
There is joy everlasting
There is gladness, there is peace
There'll be wine ever flowing
There's a wedding, there's a feast"
Matt Redman, "Because of You, There's a Place"
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